Titans_Jaelyn_Duncan_Start_Left_Tackle
Tennessee rookie Jaelyn Duncan made his first start at left tackle on Sunday in the win against the Carolina Panthers at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn, He played well, for the most part, and should be the Titans' starting left tackle going forward.
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00:00 >> You know, just leading, you know, just telling me, you know,
00:02 to get a move on to the next, you know, be able to keep my head up.
00:05 You know, something's gonna go wrong.
00:06 So just being able to have that next play mentality and not getting down on myself
00:10 and be able to continue to, you know, continue with driving, you know.
00:12 >> Do you have any kind of conversation with Burns?
00:15 >> Say that again?
00:16 >> You talk to Brian at all over the course of the game?
00:19 >> A little bit, just a couple laughs and stuff like that.
00:22 He's making fun of me because I was a rookie, but that's really it.
00:24 That wasn't nothing crazy.
00:25 >> You didn't want to overthink it too much.
00:28 How did you feel when you think it went and did you feel pretty much at ease?
00:33 >> I think it went pretty good.
00:35 Of course, there's a lot of room for improvement.
00:38 You know, a couple of pressures, but it's the game.
00:41 Don't make a mistake.
00:42 I guess I think it went pretty good, though.
00:44 >> How do you think this is an opportunity for you and maybe some of the younger guys
00:48 on this team to prove themselves down the stretch of the season?
00:51 >> For opportunity for me, I mean, you know, I started today and I feel as though
00:55 if I continue to do what I'm doing and I continue to work hard,
00:57 I can continue to be a starter.
00:58 So that's really what I'm working for.
01:01 >> Now grateful for that opportunity, you and maybe some of the younger guys on
01:04 the team?
01:05 >> I'm so grateful.
01:05 I'm so grateful to be able to start this game.
01:07 I enjoyed it.
01:08 I had so much fun out there today.
01:09 And we got the victory.
01:11 >> So you guys just had one tackle out all day and that was just kind of borderline.
01:15 As a group, when you guys walk off the field today,
01:19 how do you feel as a group that you guys did?
01:21 >> I think we did pretty good.
01:22 So a lot of room for improvement.
01:24 Some things that we need to clean up going into this following week.
01:28 But as a unit, I think we did, we had a pretty solid game today.
01:31 >> You guys broke a three game losing streak.
01:33 Was it just to get a win on your belt,
01:35 kind of walk out of here tonight feeling good about having a victory?
01:38 >> Of course, it feels great getting that win underneath our belt.
01:40 Like you said, we were on a little bit of a losing streak.
01:42 We went out there today, got the job done.
01:44 So hopefully next week we do the same thing.
01:46 >> So part of that losing streak too,
01:47 you guys knowing that you can play better than you did during that?
01:51 >> We always knew that we could play better.
01:54 I mean, a lot of it was shooting ourselves in the foot,
01:56 making mental mistakes on our own.
01:58 So today we went out there and we just balled out.
02:01 Try to stay together as a union and have fun.