 How long did it take you to get used to being in the tight end room without Delaney Walker? Oh man, it was definitely a bittersweet feeling having a guy like Delaney lead the locker room man and that tight end room in general. It was a bittersweet feeling. The game goes on man and you just got to continue to adapt and to continue to progress. To be tight end one, what you are now, how much does your mindset have to change from what it was before? I've always came in with such a humble hard working mentality and I don't think as far as a mindset that I shouldn't change anything from that standpoint but whatever areas of my game that I needed to improve I just got to turn it up a bit no matter what it may be whether it may be from a fundamental standpoint, from an accidental standpoint, whatever it may be just definitely turning up another notch and as a competitor you always strive for perfection you always strive to get better and I've always increased the progression of your craft so When you look at the work that you did this summer with Ryan Tannehill what's the biggest thing that you gained from those throwing sessions in South Florida that you can see showing up now? You know just the trust, it's a trust factor man between a quarterback and a receiver a pass catcher whatever you want to call it but it's a trust factor continuing to build the chemistry, him knowing where I'm going to be at, how to throw the ball where to throw the ball at, so many different ways that trust can come in between the quarterback and the receiver but we've definitely developed a lot more chemistry during the summer and you can see it happening now The catch you made in the Baltimore playoff game, is that the best catch you've ever made for a touchdown? Yes, yes by far and you know that's not going to be the best catch that I make for a touchdown so I'm always you know shoot for the stars Did you think you were down when you caught it? Honestly man looking back at it, I thought I was out of bounds I thought I was out of bounds, I know I had got one foot down but I didn't know exactly where my hip had hit so I want to ref through those two arms up man, you know I was showing for joy man Well you know what they say, one cheek equals two feet Absolutely, absolutely Alright so the more incredible play though, the catch against Baltimore or the half back run for 57 yards against Houston which is the less likely in your mind? Of course the toss, the toss man, you know you pull me a clip up and show me a tight end, you know that has done that you know what I mean, so that to me was kind of like okay, alright yeah this guy's a little different you know what I mean, so that sticks out to me more but honestly even my favorite player of the season man was running down the defender from Houston after he caught the interception, that was my favorite play by far the season because I think it just shows what we based our team keys on of course man I had fun doing it, you know what I mean, it wasn't a fun situation being as though he caught the interception but getting the guy down before he can get in the end zone giving us our defense a chance to get a stop man, that was huge so for me that was my favorite play Was that a better tackle than Ryan Tannehill made in Oakland? No, Ryan had a better tackle, Ryan definitely had a better tackle on that man he definitely showed some linebacker and the inability right there You know the thing about that Jonu was when he did that there were so many Titan fans that said that's my guy you know because they said any quarterback who would go do that Absolutely That's who I want to ride with, did the players feel the same way? Absolutely, absolutely man when you got a guy like that who you don't expect that from and you know he's saying you know no job's too small you know he kind of got that mentality and approach towards it man you know just look at a guy like that with so much more respect and honor you gain your trust from your teammates you know making plays like that man and just knowing that hey you know whatever may happen you know we going down together you know we're riding this thing to the rules fall off so for him to make a heck of a play like that man a heck of a tackle and you know put his face in there and get dirty you don't see that from quarterbacks man but you know we got an R's when we seen that as we wrap up give me another guy in this football team that you just respect as a football player in that same way regardless of position but you just say that dude just brings it all the time and I love being a teammate of his oh man that's that's honestly man I mean this might sound so cliche but that's such a tough question honestly man we got a group of guys that has came in and committed to the foundation of this team and everything that we believe on and I think that it wasn't one guy that really stuck out to me that allowed us to get us in a position that we were in last year man I can go on and say countless names of guys that's been in this system or guys that just came in this system but collectively man we did this thing together man and I think we all have a certain respect level for one another that you know no matter what happens man we going to be in this thing together man so that's just my approach on it Chattanooga Smith thanks so much for being this week's Nissan Insider Thank you I appreciate it