Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Will Levis QUITS on Tennessee Titans, Femi Oladejo's Deal Incoming & Dan Moore's Left Tackle Mystery

Starting point is 00:00:00 Will Levis quit on the Tennessee Titans? But I actually think it's a good thing for Cam Ward. I'll explain on today's edition of Locked on Titans. You are Locked on Titans, your daily Tennessee Titans podcast, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. Welcome to the Locked On Titans podcast. I am your host, Tyler Roland, Titans fans. Today's edition of the Locked On Titans podcast

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Starting point is 00:00:58 facing the Tennessee Titans heading into training camp. Is Femioladejo going to get his contract done? What are we going to see from Dan Moore in the offensive line? Should the Titans add some free agents? I'm gonna get into all of that before I do do want to thank you for making Locked On Titans your first listen each and every day. Remember Monday through Friday Tennessee Titans content all year round always for free. You're not gonna beat that anywhere else. Make sure that you get subscribed, stay subscribed. It's your team every day here on the Locked On Titans podcast. Speaking of every day, shout out to my every dayers out there tuning in Monday through Friday.

Starting point is 00:01:32 If you aren't an every dayer, now is the perfect time to be one. Training camp kicks off this week. I'm going to be looking at the biggest training camp battles for the Tennessee Titans on tomorrow's show. And then the Titans are on the practice field on Wednesday and I'll be here to break down all the action. Alright, Will Levis, the big news on Monday morning, the bomb drops, Will Levis will be getting surgery on his throwing shoulder, the one that he had injured during the season last year against the Miami Dolphins. He is going to be out for the entire season for the Titans. And look, there are a couple of realities about this that we have to go over. Number one, if you're mad at Will Levis, I can't necessarily agree with you. Will Levis quit on the

Starting point is 00:02:20 Tennessee Titans, but I don't blame him. Look at the situation that he's in. Look at what he's facing. What makes sense for him? If there is some sort of lingering medical issue that could lead to better long term health for him, why would he fight through that and play through that to be Cam Ward's backup? He needs to look out for his long term future because it's not here in Tennessee. So I don't necessarily blame Will Levis for deciding right now

Starting point is 00:02:47 before training camp, hey, I'm going to get that surgery. I'm going to get this repaired and make sure that long-term, I'm good to go. Also, I have to confront this reality. I don't care. I really don't care that Will Levis did this. Like, it doesn't make me mad. I don't feel anything.

Starting point is 00:03:04 Like, so what? In my mind, Will Levis did this. Like, it doesn't make me mad. I don't feel anything. Like, so what? In my mind, Will Levis is a part of the past. He was an afterthought for this season. I didn't want Will Levis on this team anyway. I've been saying that since the moment that it was clear that Cam Ward was going to be the pick for the Titans in the early weeks of March when I felt it was very obvious that that's what they were going to do.

Starting point is 00:03:24 I've said, I guarantee Will Levis gets traded. I don't want Will Levis on the roster by week one. The Titans should try to find any suitor they can. Will Levis and Cam Ward together would not be the best thing for either of those guys. So I don't really care that this happened. I don't think that this has any impact on the Tennessee Titans season, my enjoyment, the excitement. Will Levis shouldn't have been around anyway, he's a part of the past and it was time to move on. And quite frankly, with that in mind, Will Levis quit on the Titans, but the

Starting point is 00:03:55 Titans quit on Will Levis. Look at the timeline of what's happened here. So Levis gets the starting role, Callahan comes in, the season happens. Will Levis makes terrible, terrible mistakes. The Titans aren't a good team either, but Levis really the starting role, Kalahan comes in, the season happens. Will Levis makes terrible, terrible mistakes. The Titans aren't a good team either, but Levis really shoots the team in the foot. Kalahan's berating him on the sideline, what the heck are you doing? Then Will Levis is hurt against Miami, the Titans come out of the bye and they play Levis. And now looking back it's like, okay, he's having surgery on that injury, he tried to

Starting point is 00:04:24 play through. The Titans probably win that game against the Colts of Mason Rudolph plays, which we can all say, Hey, then they wouldn't have got Cam Ward. So I'm glad it didn't happen. But in real time, that's a bad job by Brian Callahan. And if you're Will Levis, you're like, man, it was obvious in practice that I was hurt and Brian Callahan said the opposite. So what's really the truth?

Starting point is 00:04:45 But if you're Will Levis, this is how you're looking at it. And then you get benched for Mason Rudolph because your shoulder isn't good enough to play, but you played me last week. And then you come back, you get benched again during the Cincinnati game, making you look even worse. Over the off season, Brian Callahan does a couple of interviews where quite frankly, he didn't talk very good about Will Levis's skill set or the marriage between the two.

Starting point is 00:05:08 Then they go out and draft Cam Ward and make it obvious they're done with you to the entire world. They hand the keys to Cam Ward and don't give you even reps and even opportunity for the mandatory minicamp where it really starts to matter. If you're Will Levis, why would you want to again gut it out for that team? I don't necessarily blame him. And I think also, if you don't look at this and say, look at the timing of when this decision was made. Will Levis participated in the all season program. Will Levis was training with Jordan Palmer in California,

Starting point is 00:05:40 and Brian Callahan talked about it a ton all season long. We saw videos of Will Levis doing workouts and stuff like that. Doesn't look like rehab on a shoulder to me. Quite honestly, we have seen cases like this throughout the history of professional sports. You have played with people in Pee-wee football and Little League basketball and baseball and stuff. Guys who if you're winning they'd probably play through the injury. If things aren't going so well, ow, it hurts. I don't want to play. Everybody knows people.

Starting point is 00:06:08 And I'm not saying that Will Levis is, you know, being a crybaby about this or whatever, but I'm just saying if Will Levis was still the starting quarterback of the Tennessee Titans, he's not opting for surgery right now. And I think that this is about a trade. If Will Levis would have been traded somewhere before training camp, which is probably what he preferred. So we could get on a new team and learn a new system and get more comfortable and get the heck out of here.

Starting point is 00:06:34 He probably just wants to get the heck out of here. And again, I don't blame him. So I would imagine that Will Levis's camp and his agent and his people and him are like hey this shoulder thing is in there I can play through it it probably wouldn't be that big a deal but at long term it could be a problem why would I play for this team if they trade me then great I'll go to a new team and I'll gut it out if they don't I'm gonna opt to have this thing and I'm going to sit out the entire season, rehab my shoulder. I'm back to full health 100%. That what was bothering me that affected my play last year during the season. Then the Titans have more time to get a trade for me next off season. I can go to a new opportunity and I'm fully

Starting point is 00:07:19 healthy and good to go for the longterm. Honestly, it makes sense for both sides. And this is why it's good for Cam Ward. I have said the entire time that we can talk like it's Madden. And hey, if Cam Ward's better than Will Levis, he'll beat him out. Cam Ward's gonna beat him out and be the starting quarterback. That's not a conversation. But these are human beings. These aren't Madden characters.

Starting point is 00:07:44 These aren't digits characters. These aren't digits. This isn't a roster number. Like in the locker room, if you're Will Levis and you know I'm angry at what happened, he admitted it sucks, and Cam Ward's the guy now who took my opportunity, and I have to sit here and be in a backup and be in a room with them and whatever, that sounds terrible. And if you don't have everybody in the building rowing in the same direction it can just poison the well and if you have a quarterback that is actively bitter about the situation in the room with Cam Ward is he going to help Cam Ward in his development as much as a guy like Brandon Allen who knows his place in the league

Starting point is 00:08:22 and isn't fighting for his place in the league you want people who are secure in his place in the league and isn't fighting for his place in the league You want people who are secure in their place in the league so that they are comfortable and confident to help? Cam Ward become who he's supposed to be and that's Brandon Allen. That's a guy like Tim Boyle Okay, like that's a guy like Teddy Bridgewater For example who we talked about would maybe be a good fit or Jacobi Brassett who ultimately didn't come here But these are the, Jameis Winston, these are the type of players who I was hoping for that would back up Cam Ward.

Starting point is 00:08:49 So now that Will Levis is gone, whatever. You know what I mean? To me, this is the best for both worlds and this is a positive impact on, and I'm not saying like, oh, I'm glad Will Levis is hurt and has surgery. I'm just saying like, this is what's happened. Will Levis has gotten hurt.

Starting point is 00:09:05 He's having surgeries out for the year. And I think that if you look at the impact on Cam Ward based on that happening, I think the impact is actually positive. I wanted Will Levis out of the picture for the Titans all along. Now, will Will Levis come back and be in the locker room and show up and be part of the team and rehab there but he probably might have to but will it be the same as him being a player who's out on the field and the active backup and but and let me also say this I've talked about this concept as well throughout the offseason if Cam Ward misses any games at all I don't want the Titans to eke out victories with Will Levis I want the Titans to play Brandon Allen who who's 2-8 in his 10 career starts, and lose.

Starting point is 00:09:49 Just like what happened with Joe Burrow when he got hurt his first season with the Bengals. And then what happens they got a top 5 pick in the draft, tanking their way out because Burrow's already hurt. Now I'm not saying that, you know, knock on wood, I would rather Cam Ward play the entire season and the Titans get a worse draft pick because I get to see Cam Ward every single game of the season. That is my preferred outcome. But, you know, God forbid, if Cam Ward were to miss time, like Burrow had to or whatever, I don't think I want the Titans to win games in that scenario. I would rather have them get closer to a top tier edge rusher

Starting point is 00:10:27 or a top tier defensive lineman or something like that in the draft this year. Maybe Dan Moore's terrible and they want a top tier offensive tackle, which there could be a lot of those. Or trade back with all the quarterbacks that could be available and take advantage of that to build the roster up around Cam Ward. Like at the end of the day,

Starting point is 00:10:43 I either want to see Cam Ward play football, or I don't really care about the outcome because we're not building towards the future if Cam Ward's not leading us to victories. That's how I feel about it. So no matter how you want to slice it, Will Levis quit on the Titans and he decided to do this because he's bitter.

Starting point is 00:10:59 I don't blame him for that. I don't really care. Doesn't change my view of the Titan season. And ultimately it's probably what's best for Will Levis and best for Cam Ward and don't really care. It doesn't change my view of the Titans season and ultimately it's probably what's best for Will Levis and best for Cam Ward and best for the Titans. So that's where I'm at on that. But as for some questions that we don't have answers to yet, is Femiel with Dejio going to make it to training camp? We'll discuss. I do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by Rougiet. Guys, you've probably heard of Viagra or Cialis, maybe even tried them, but if you're

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Starting point is 00:13:12 Training camp technically starts on Tuesday Maybe today when you're hearing this but the first practice of the year is on Wednesday. So We are hoping we have to hope that Tennessee Titans second round pick Femi Oladejo finds a way to get his contract done before the first practice now I just want to take a moment and remind you guys why it's so important that Femi gets his contract done ASAP and doesn't miss any practice time also want to remind you why he's still not signed. So we're seeing this dam start to break

Starting point is 00:13:48 and we're seeing some of the dominoes start to fall. And we talked about that at the end of last week, but second round picks in the NFL took forever to get their deals done. Like 30 of the 32 second round picks didn't have a deal done going into last week, like a week ago or something like that, 10, seven to 10 days ago, because there's a contract thing with how much percentage

Starting point is 00:14:09 of the money in the deal is going to be guaranteed. The first two second round picks, they had a hundred percent of their, uh, their deal completely guaranteed. That was, uh, Jayden Higgins with the Texans and then, uh, Carson's Wessinger with the Cleveland Browns. So all the other second round picks were waiting like, hey, I want my contract fully guaranteed as well. Well, the damn broke with Alfred Collins of the San Francisco 49ers,

Starting point is 00:14:34 which that's what we talked about last week. But since then, we've seen a ton of other movement with second round picks getting signed. Not everybody getting guaranteed deals, different percentages and stuff like that. But now there's just a couple of second round picks left. And as of this recording, this is where we're at. By the time this is public in an hour or whatever, by the time you listen to this on Tuesday morning, it could change. But like Femi could be signed by then honestly, but there's Quinshawn Judkins who got some legal trouble recently, which is affecting his status. But after that, you got to go all the way down to the 47th pick,

Starting point is 00:15:10 Will Johnson with the Cardinals for a guy who's unsigned. And then you have 48 Ariante, Ursory with the Texans. And then you have 51 Nick Scorton with the Panthers. And then you have Femi Benjamin Morrison from Notre Dame was the 53rd pick after Femi. He actually got a deal done with the Buccaneers within the last like 12 hours or 24 hours of me recording this. So that's a good sign. That's the closest person to Femi Oladejo pick wise to get signed. So right now we're looking at 51, 52 with 50 and 53 being signed and then 47 and 48 and hopefully as deals are getting done closer to Femi, it allows his deal to get done. Look, I think this will be done soon. I think it will be done by the time training camp happens.

Starting point is 00:16:00 I think it might even get done again by the time that you're hearing this. It might be done already, but it needs to be because it's so important for Femi to be in training camp because he is a developmental player he is not as pro ready for his position as maybe some like Mike Green who people considered a top 15 You know first round talent type player who had major off-field concerns. He went number 59 for the Ravens. He's going to be ready to contribute at the edge rusher position right away quicker than Femi Oladejo who was an off-ball linebacker in college who was converted to edge the last like six games of the year at UCLA last year. Femi needs time to practice playing edge. He needs time to you know learn those

Starting point is 00:16:44 techniques and not only learn the techniques, but then practice them with repetition. Hey, I do it this way, it works better. This is not going to work for me. And I go back to Titans outside linebacker coach talking earlier this off season about the fact that Femiola De Gio needs to get one or two moves with power, one or two moves with speed, and then a couple of counters off of those things. He just needs to get a simple toolbox figured out. Right now he's starting from the absolute bottom.

Starting point is 00:17:13 Now he's six foot three, 260, looks like a Greek god, absolute freak of nature, athletically. So he has all the tools and he has the personality and he has the want to, and he has the work ethic to make all of it happen. But at the end of the day, he needs that practice. He needs that repetition. So anytime that Femiola Dezio misses whatsoever, even without the pads on, some people are going to say, oh, he, you know, even if he misses a couple of these first practices, they're without pads on, you know, it's not, no, he needs to work on his technique and doing it without pads on in A less than 100% full go environment is critical like think about weightlifting All of these awesome weightlifters that could put up a ton of weight They'll even tell you don't go so high on the weight practice your form work slow rep stretch out the muscle Contract and hold,

Starting point is 00:18:05 all that different stuff. And I'm no weightlifting guru or anything like that. So I'm sure there were some people listening who are more educated and can give more detailed explanation, but it's simply an analogy for, Femi needs to maybe not practice at full speed to start and get comfortable with the motion

Starting point is 00:18:20 and get the muscle memory going of what he's supposed to do at his new position. So it affects the titan. So what affects the Titans, this issue, affects the Titans much more than it maybe affects some of the other second round picks because those guys are maybe more ready to go and ready to play and ready to contribute right away. And they don't necessarily need the practice time

Starting point is 00:18:38 quite as much as Femi does. And you add in the Titans situation. The pass rush. We talk about is Femi gonna get his deal done, but a major question for the Titans heading into training camp is how good or really how bad is this pass rush gonna be? And Femi's obviously a big part of that, but within the Femi conversation, you zoom out

Starting point is 00:19:02 and it's like, oh, that's a big deal even more so not because of his individual development but because of the pass rush issues at large which are a monster question. Now also we stay on defense we look at some health things like Ligeria Sneed. Is he gonna be in an interview a couple weeks ago remember we talked about this, he said, I'm the healthiest I've ever been. Ready to remind people who Ligerious need is. Well that means you're ready to go on day one of training camp. And Brian Kalahana said, we need him to practice more. So, are they gonna get that going ASAP? Or are we gonna be at odds to start day one? What's the truth? Because

Starting point is 00:19:47 I've heard a lot of words now I want to see what the truth is and I think Ligeria Steen is one of the biggest X-Factors for this team this year a top three X-Factor for this team this year so his presence or lack thereof will really and his level of play and whether he is the healthiest he's been and he's just ready to go ready to play football again that'll really kind of warp my view of how I see this team going forward on defense as well obviously the young linebacker battle next to Cody Barton but we're gonna talk about that tomorrow you know more in depth when we talk about the camp

Starting point is 00:20:22 battles but certainly a question but I I wanna look at some other things, like Dan Moore. It, you know, is Dan Moore in the offensive line gonna gel right away? That's a major question for the Titans. We talk about the biggest questions for the team. That's absolutely one of those big questions. Is Dan Moore gonna be a $22 million a year left tackle? That's franchise left tackle money. Look, it's not top tier, top market, you know, best

Starting point is 00:20:51 offensive tackle in the NFL type money, but it's a, you know, you have to overpay in free agency and Dan Moore has to be worth that money. If we're leaving this season saying, hey, the Titans have to consider offensive tackle in the draft because Dan Moore not getting the job done. That would be a disaster signing, quite honestly. So who is Dan Moore going to be? And remember Dan Moore left one of those mandatory minicamp practices there at the end left him early. Is Dan Moore going to be healthy?

Starting point is 00:21:20 If Dan Moore's not out on the practice field for the start of training camp because of that injury when it's been five weeks, six weeks, that is not a good sign. So for me, the major zoom out big question is will the offensive line gel? But if I'm going to zoom in that Dan Moore injury and whether he's ready to go, that's something that I'm going to be watching for on that very first practice report or in the hopefully it's a question that's asked in the interviews to Brian Callahan and the Tuesday press conferences. There will be press conferences on Tuesday, which I'll add into my training camp battles because I'm sure that questions will be asked about some of these battles

Starting point is 00:22:01 that we have to discuss like linebacker, wide receiver and stuff like that. But we talk about biggest questions heading into training camp and I'm sorry, the offensive line like I said last week has to be better. Our expectation should be that it is better, but we can't know yet. And Dan Moore is at the center of that. I think, you know, we talked about injuries. Will guys be healthy? Legerius need Kevin Winston in the secondary.

Starting point is 00:22:26 Are they going to be healthy? But Dan Moore, Lloyd Cushionberry, is he going to start on PUP? Is he going to be ready to go for training camp? Brian Callahan talked like he was on track for training camp earlier this all season. Again, we've heard a lot of words. Now we get to see actions and get a little bit of answers

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Starting point is 00:25:11 If your first bet wins, open the Fandle app today or visit fandle.com to get started. Titans fans, let's cap off today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast, doing the biggest questions for the Tennessee Titans. Now one of the biggest questions for the Titans Titans now one of the biggest questions for the Titans was what was gonna happen with Will Levis and Now we kind of know what's going on with that how it impacts cam ward But then we got into Femiola Dejo's contract health updates the offensive line and now literally as I'm recording this We get big news that

Starting point is 00:26:07 literally as I'm recording this we get big news that Ligerious Need and Lloyd Cushenberry are going to begin training camp on the PUP. I'm as healthy as I've ever been. So it's funny that I just talked about Ligerious Need for a little while and now we have our answer. Well I'm glad I got the answer while we were recording so that we could discuss it. I'm sure some of you are listening back to that. You know, we're listening to that last segment wondering, why doesn't he know? But now we know.

Starting point is 00:26:35 And I guess my reaction to that is, this is what I've been saying. I've been saying for quite some time now that the odds, the chances, the likelihood that Ligerius Need ever plays impactful football for the Tennessee Titans ever again are significantly low. They are historically low, astronomically low. Whatever descriptive word you want to put before low, put it there.

Starting point is 00:27:04 Disgustingly low. Should we go there? Unsurprisingly low. Can I go there? At the end of the day, I think the Titans, if they get anything from Ligeria Sneed this year, it's an absolute bonus. It should be seen as an absolute luxury.

Starting point is 00:27:24 It should not be seen as an expectation. Maybe he does come back and play serviceable football this year and, you know, four weeks from now he comes off the PUP or two weeks from now or this later this week he comes off the PUP and everything's fine. You know, we talk about it different but I just it just continues a pattern of moves where it's just hard for me to, uh, it's hard for me to have any faith whatsoever that Ligeria Sneed doesn't turn into anything other than a historic bust for the Tennessee Titans. Now, Lloyd Cushinberry, like we were talking about, didn't think that he would be ready to go right away. I mean, there was some optimism, like I said earlier in the year, but nope, nope not gonna be the

Starting point is 00:28:05 case and I think that's fair and they've been talking up core 11 and all that and when I did my roster previews I talked up core 11. So there's an answer about some of the health but I can say some positives. No Dan Moore, no Kevin Winston. So if Dan Moore and Kevin Winston aren't on there, I guess that's somewhat of a positive, right? But now, it does bring us to a final question that I have here that we have time for. I have some other questions like is Special Teams going to get better? Is Brian Callahan the guy? Those are also big questions, but I think one of the big questions that people want to know too is, are the Titans going to bring in anybody else? Are there any free agents? And I think you look at certain positions like Edge, and I've been saying, I think a guy like Genevieve and Clowney, pairing him back up with Denard Wilson as a cheat player,

Starting point is 00:29:01 to come in like, I would rather have Gene have Janavian Clowney than Lorenzo Carter, especially if Femi's deal sets him back a little bit. Zanaria Smith is out there if you just hate Janavian Clowney because 2020, which I think is a little absurd, but I get it, whatever. Wide receiver, you know, Amari Cooper, Keenan Allen, still out there. I don't think the Titans need to do anything like that at wide receiver though

Starting point is 00:29:25 Let's just see the young guys, but at edge I would be in for that because young guys. It's just Femi I mean, you know, Jalen Harrell is never gonna be like part of the rotation. He's a back-end of the roster guy So Arden Key Lorenzo Carter Draymond Jones They aren't young guys that we gotta see so why not bring in another veteran that's better than Lorenzo Carter? Cornerback. Legerius Need, according to a report from A to Z Sports, Legerius Need is on track to play. Week 1 still should be back. But again, can you count on that and look at behind that?

Starting point is 00:30:01 Now you have Roger Jarvis Brownlee Jr. With Roger in the slot, Jarvis on the outside, Darrell Baker Jr. on the outside. And behind him you have nine undrafted free agents and Oruwari. So that's despicable. You know, maybe Gabe Judy Lawley, Marcus Harris, Jamari Harris actually steps up and is worthy of that spot. But can you count on that? You could get like an Asante Samuel Jr. But the real free agent I think the Titan should consider is Gerald Everett. Gerald Everett was released by the Seattle Seahawks. And is Gerald

Starting point is 00:30:37 Everett a certified starting Titan? No, he's not. And do I want him to be starting tight end over Gunnerhelm or take opportunities away from Chigokanko? No, not necessarily, but he's better than Josh Wiley. And what I would want to say here is, if you could replace Josh Wiley with a guy who prior to last year had 400 receiving yards and right around 40 catches at minimum for five straight years. 6'3", 250, not a great blocker but I think he's better than Chig. Listen, the Titans went 3-14 last year. I know right now we have all these hopes and dreams for all of these young guys. But I don't have very many hopes and dreams for Josh Wiley.

Starting point is 00:31:30 I'd much rather the Titans cut Josh Wiley and bring in an actual veteran Titan like Gerald Everett, who could be a great help to Cam Ward. Like, there are certain positions like wide receiver, where yeah, I get it. I want to see the Titans young guys. I wanna see them get opportunities, no doubt. But some positions like maybe inside linebacker if the young guys don't live up to it, like cornerback, like interior defensive line, like offensive line depth, like tight end,

Starting point is 00:32:00 like why not? The Titans don't have gobs of young talent at these places that you can count on. You know, I want to see David Martin Robinson and see what he can do this year. But I'm not going to thrust him all the way up into, you know, some sort of crazy role without knowing it. Maybe they see it in training camp. And Gunnar Helm is a different style of player than Gerald Everett. Like, if I could just replace Josh Wiley with Gerald Everett, I'm doing that. Why would I not do that? That helps Cam Ward, that makes the team better. It doesn't rob any young guys of opportunities or anything. It just makes the Tennessee Titans a

Starting point is 00:32:34 better football team and gives Cam Ward a better opportunity for success. So Edge and Gerald Everett at tight end, I would absolutely consider that. And cornerback, I would consider that now too. But the Titans will probably see how the young guys respond mentally to the playbook and the intensity of training camp with these non-padded practices. And if the young guys let the team down, we'll see some churn with them

Starting point is 00:32:56 and maybe some older guys who are still available brought in. But also the Titans were a bad football team last year and maybe some of these older veterans would rather play for a team that has a better chance to get some wins if the money's all equal but with that being said that is gonna do it for me today folks as always I am your host Tyler Roland and this was Locked on Titans Thanks for watching guys!

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