Stillman & Company

Jared sat down with former Preds goalie and now coach, Pekka Rinne to talk about his role with the team and goalie situation with the Preds.  What were some of our takeaways from the conversation and what might that mean for the Saros and Askarov debate?  We take your phones and Jared won't back off his Karl Taylor take.

We open the show talking the latest on the Titans and NFL schedule release as games and matchups have begun leaking out.  What do we make of the reported matchups for the Titans?  Which teams would we like to see them play early on?  Will they get any primetime games?  We get a report that the Titans are playing Miami on MNF.  Forever Titans WR Chris Sanders joins for his weekly visit.

We get back into the Saros and Askarov debate and Jared is mad that people care if teams win the minor leagues.  Only the development of the prospects matter, not winning, do we agree?  ESPN had a potential trade involving Titans WR Treylon Burks.  We wrap up with some comments from Trevor Matich on the OL.

ESPN talked about the confidence in Will Levis going into his 2nd year and the surrounding cast around him this offseason.  How much optimism do we have around Levis after watching some of his highlights from last season?  We take your phones.  Trevor Matich of ESPN joins for his weekly visit talking Titans OL and Will Levis going into year two.

The Juuse Saros and Yaroslav Askarov debate rages on.  Chris Mason has a rebuttal to Jared saying he does not care about the AHL team of the Preds winning games and would consider firing MIL HC Karl Taylor for benching Askarov.  Does benching Askarov help determine whether or not he can be the guy moving forward?  We take your phones.  What about Rinne and what he did early in his career?  What does the EDM vs VAN series tell us about the Preds?

Everyone was mad a Jared for saying Titans rookie JC Latham looks more like a right tackle than a left tackle.  That doesn't mean he won't be a good LT.  Our own Joe Rexrode even said Latham has the body type of a guard.  Are people being a little too over the top when they say they trust Bill Callahan more than Nick Saban?  The NFL announced the 1st MNF game of the season between the NYJ and SF.

Who on the Titans is under the most pressure this season to perform?  Do we think it could be OL Bill Callahan given their struggles?  Or is it J.C. Latham and his ability to switch to left tackle?  How worried are we that Nick Saban said Latham is the prototypical right tackle?  Jared says he won't blame Bill Callahan if the team doesn't figure out right tackle this season.  We take your phones and wrap up with a few more thoughts on the salary cap.

Jared asked former coach Charlie Weiss about the best way to develop a young, 2nd year QB.  Do we think the Titans will be able to do that?  Brian Callahan said something that gives Jared hope he can develop Levis into a top QB.  We went and watched who Levis threw the ball to last season and the type of throws and what that might mean for this season.  How much credit should Ran Carthon get surrounding Levis with talent this offseason?

Our own Derrick Mason was mad at Jared and Joe Rexrode for saying J.C. Latham looks more like a right tackle than left tackle.  Do we think Latham will be able to transition to the left side and do we worry about his body type at LT?  Why don't we think Latham played LT at Alabama?  Preds prospect goalie Yaroslav Askarov was benched in the AHL playoffs and Jared is not happy about it.

ESPN has their latest NFL power rankings and they are not kind to the Titans.  How optimistic are we they might be wrong?  Can the Titans play the disrespect card this season?  We share some thoughts on rookie mini-camp from this weekend.  The NFL announced the opening kickoff game between the Chiefs and Ravens.