 Dennis Kelly Titans offensive tackle. Good to see you. Good to see you Mike. Thanks for having me. All right so December football it is it is that time. Dennis Kelly Chicago native. Do you like December football or are you like my wife who's from the same area and hates December January and February. I like December football you know Cole doesn't really bother me. I obviously like to credit the the windy city to that you know the cold up there hurts more than anything you know obviously December football January into February that's meaningful football and so besides the fact that it's it's cold it's also you know the games are a lot more intense a lot more competitive you know a lot more fun because of it. Now is the offensive line rule you can only wear sleeves in the cold if you wear sleeves in September. I had heard that I think Roos did that here I think that was his rule where I've been at do what you need to do to be ready to play and so you know growing up you would always see the old line and like the the New England when they had their run and Matt Light obviously being a Purdue guy they'd have their AFC Conference championship game that's negative zero or whatever it was and and they're all sleeveless and you're like wow that's awesome God it's got to be cold though so you know at least for me when you're playing you don't really feel it that much you don't really notice it you notice them more on the sidelines than you would on the field. Does the offensive line have more rules than any other position group on an NFL team? Yeah I would think so just because there's you know obviously at least five of us at a time and you know if I'm doing something differently than that affects the person next to me and potentially the person next to him and and it can go all the way down or might just go to two people or just three people you know there's offenses that has a call for literally every single situation that there could be and then there's some offenses that are just kind of a blanket this covers it all let's just go left go right or whatever but uh yeah I think with a combination of everyone trying to work together in the offensive line I think it kind of takes cake. Nate Davis has been a player that Mike Vrable has been complimentary of with a lot of improvement in his second year how gratifying has it been to you to see Nate grow up playing the position right beside you? Yeah it's awesome you know Nate's playing really well you can tell he the confidence is building even more and he's becoming a really good player for us you know obviously the last play of the game against Baltimore just it's coming to my mind because it's fresh but you know he made a huge block there and you can see as he sees Derrick's pulling away if you watch the film you can see Nate's Nate celebrate and you can tell that he's understanding he's buying in he's getting that confidence like I mentioned and it's showing. Dennis what has it been like for you in terms of being gratified that this year you came into the year as a starter you've been a starter and at age 30 you're now one of the guys not one of the guys hoping to be one of the guys. Yeah it's definitely it's a cool feeling you know I always I've always said that you play especially at this level you want to you want to be able to play and you want to be able to show that you belong up here and you know it's taken a little bit longer than I think I initially had hoped but showing that I can play more than a handful snaps or more in you know emergency duty I think is one of those things that I'll be able to look back and be like at least I at least I was able to show that I did that you know there isn't that moment of like you know if I only got my chance or if only you know there's no kind of not necessarily regret but that looking back of like you know I never got a full full crack at it. What are you most proud of in your NFL career so far? I would say I'd like to say that the the trust that the teams have put into me you know obviously I've been a backup most of my career and when I would come in the teams wouldn't change the game plan because they trusted that I would come in and do my job and being reliable and kind of being you know a steady presence there's something to be said about that to be a reliable player for your team and so I take a lot of pride in that. I thought you were going to say the touchdown catches I really you got to be proud of that I mean you've scored touchdowns in the NFL not a touchdown multiple touchdowns. Yeah absolutely I mean those are cool moments and those are definitely things you know to tell stories about but you know for me it's again it's one of those things where being offensive linemen you know touchdowns are cool but maybe it's just the way I was brought up and the way I've turned into the man that I am I just want people to be able to trust me and count on me.