 I feel your pain Oh there's the Blitz Wounds right there Look at the little spooky Brought to you by Farmer of Health Plans I am Lance Smith Join by Michael Myers Otherwise known as Eddie George It's spooky when you get still like that I like that, the stillness, everything That's scary stuff That's what the magic happens in stillness You so get into this Bless you one and all We're here to Absolve the team of Third Down Sins We'll talk about that later Welcome to the Titans Blitz Show Before we kick off the show Our Titans Blitz Lounge They're into it as well I like this You got another Mike Myers right there in the middle Mr. Titans ready to go Call us a good game Clint's very happy I see I like it Alright guys thank you for being here again While we in addition we're having some fun with this Alright let's kick off the show And get into it Eddie My man we got to get into Four Downs With Eddie here presented by Corson Fire and Security The game let's talk Ouch It hurts But there's some positives Oh there's a lot of positives The fact that they were down by what 17 20 We're down by 20 at one point in time They could have gotten back into the game They could have gotten really out of hand They could have gotten ugly Kicking a field goal to go in a positive way So there's a lot to be thankful for A lot to look at but there's also A vast room for improvement When you talk about a team that was Undefeated and now they have one loss There's still got room for improvement You brought up a point though I want to bring up later What do you take from this type of loss Right now let's go with First Down Mr. Brown AJ Brown was delivering He was in Fuego Six receptions 153 clutch passes Clutch grabs This is the stuff we expect This is the player that he works to be The kid came in as a rookie last year Wanting to be the best in the game Not just satisfied with getting drafted Not just satisfied with saying I want to make a couple catches But I want to be a real game maker Strive to be a Hall of Famer one day That's the kind of attitude and work that He puts on there. You see the big play Making ability He's able to convert on third downs That's been key for our offense And he's another added explosive weapon Along with Derek Henry and the other Receivers and so forth that the Titans have I mean he is going to be a Superstar in this league for years to come He never played like a rookie last year A grown man all the way But let's talk about that He's got an explosive play Fastest wide receiver in the NFL On this play right here Boom, quicker out right there And he's gone, hits 22 miles an hour And floating He has the ability to take something Ordinary and make him special Yes, that's it That's what that was His college teammate DK Metcalf went a little faster Than that but without the football That's the difference You have to have the football in the hand To qualify But DJ Metcalf Both respect each other I love that, AJ Brown killer Moving on to second down Look, guys Like you said, the guys didn't give up The first half Was that kind of head shaking Head scratching Who are we? Bad first half But it was that second half Especially beginning right here Getting this interception They fought And it was the Titans But it was the Titans That we've known to love And we expect to get back into the game It was amazing watching that second half Plus nine In takeaways leading the NFL Plus nine in takeaways Getting the ball back to the offense And when you can play that type of football You have to give you a lot of opportunities Again, it shows The resilience of this team And this is against the best team In AFC right now He covers so well In the middle of the field But eyes up catching the ball We had a lot of tip passes That D-line if they couldn't get to Big Ben They were getting their hands up Tipped a lot of passes I think we'll see this team again Leading the game I think we'll set up for that What happens that way? Really settled down in the second half And was on fire slinging it So it was one of those wins And again, we'll talk more about this point It was one of those wins that you did walk away Or not the wins, but you walked away With something out of that Moving on to third down Uncharacteristic of us Special teams has always Special teams has always been strong for us We did not have a strong Special teams day of course With the Gostowski miss at the end Muff punt Some bad snaps We'll kick off there So is this just a Oops, yeah it is It's uncharacteristic You never see Kern do anything like this Mishandled the punt It was low to begin with I saw the tail end of it I'm like why are we running a fake punt But I didn't realize what had happened And the big return here Our covers was undisciplined To stay in their lanes And in this game, you've got to be solid In all three phases of the game Against great teams or good teams Like Pittsburgh or Baltimore Or Kansas City Special teams have gotten tightened up Obviously, no pun intended The defense has got to be better on third down Offensively continue to do what you're doing If you only one of those parts are working Of all the three, then you're going to have a result like that But the good thing is, they were still at the end of the game They were, it was amazing They had a lot of adjustment Hats off to them on that, of course And you already mentioned it Here we go, fourth down Fourth down is about third down See 62% On the season We're giving up third down Why Eddie, am I more comfortable watching our team On fourth and one at the goal Than I am at third and 15 Because you know they're going to convert Third and 15 You almost expect it That's the coordinator that we're missing from last season I mean, we're still in that process Of trying to get the calls right Trying to get the chemistry right Trying to make sure guys are in the right fit And Dory Jackson and the pass rush For me, third down is about The big boys up front, the dogs got to eat Clowny, big Beasley They've got to eat They got to go and hunt that quarterback Make them get them off his mark Get your hands up, tip the ball Get the sack, do something They don't eat on third down If they don't eat on third down Then it leaves the open secondary to be vulnerable You saw what happened I have faith in the coaching staff I know of Rable and company are going to get them in line So, ready for the bangles We'll talk about that more later 15 minutes can save you 15% more On your car insurance with that We'll go to break with our GEICO Fast 15, stick around Titan's Blitz will be right back Play fake, fire 20, 10 You see what you're made of when you go through something tough Steady rainfall And yeah, it's been a tough year But Tennesseans are built for this Great, pass down through generations We'll look for it We like it that way Who's the best? The ball is back, baby Tennessee Tough All right, all right, all right Spooky, spooky time Welcome back to the Titan's Blitz Presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans I'm Lance Smith, this is Michael Myers Also known as Eddie George Half-time here on the show Hey, you know, fans always have our backs But we had an opportunity to get one of our fans Backs. You're gonna love this. So here's the story. One of our diehard fans named John Calls, we got in trouble recently for posting a Tennessee tough sign in his front yard with H.O.A. Finding. So we brought a bigger sign and a bigger check. I think I'm waking up the neighbors. They're working on their spot. I think I just saw John's bike. Oh let's go see what's going on. I think we're caught. The world's going on. Hey guys, T-Rack. Hey, hey. What's up, Lance? What's up, man? A bigger sign. Now listen, we're in trouble, right? Yeah, so we had our sign right there next to the front door. It was only there for a couple days and we got a letter in the mail from H.O.A. saying, hey, this violates H.O.A. policy, you know, everything else. You have 16 days to remove it, so I left it out for like that 16 days, whatever, and then on game days what I did is moved it, put it right over here. You think you can trouble for this? Absolutely. Yeah, let's take care of that. John Calls, if you happen to Tennessee Titans, we're here to pay your H.O.A. fees, so we get you a check for $400. All right. This is awesome. Thank you so much, man. And he's joining us now. There he is, John Cozley. So, dude, I got to ask, first of all, is the sign still up? I've got to be honest, Lance. We had the loss, so I'm very superstitious, so I did take it down. Okay, you know what? I can respect that. You've still got a killer sign, so I'm sure you're still going to use it somehow, some way. Absolutely. We have a lot of attention to it, so it actually might be going back up. Your neighbors liked it, though, right? Very much so. We had a little bit of a drama with the H.O.A. Facebook page, but it was fun. I like that. We're revolting all. We're getting people fired up. Did you finish, did you figure out the correct distance for the polls? Lance didn't do a very good job of having the polls. I was in a hurry. I apologize. I feel like my son might have, like, ruined the surprise. I know he was wandering around up there, and I had no idea what was going on in the front. I honestly thought my neighbor was working on his camper, and then to come around and see all that, I was just blown away. That's awesome. That's good. I didn't know how much surprise was going to be. I mean, I was a one-man construction crew, and we brought drums. So, anyway, we were making some noise. Anyway, John Cozley, man, thank you so much for being the fan that you are. You rock, dude. That was great. Well, thank you very much for everything you guys done. That was very awesome. That was so awesome. I love it. All right. Well, we've got to get ready for this next game coming up on the other side. We're going to talk about Keys to Victory against the Bangles. Stick around. Titans Blitz. We'll be right back. Spooky, spooky, spooky. Welcome back to the Titans Blitz presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. I'm Lance Smith. Eddie George, the father, and the serial killer. Michael Myers. All right. Let's do this. It's now a two-minute warning here on the show. We got to talk about this game coming up against the Bangles hitting the road. Both of us coming off a loss. Of course, the Titans being five and one. They are one five and one, but they're a better team than one five and one. Yeah. I mean, they can score points in a bunches and they've been in a lot of games. I mean, there is not like this is a bad one and five team. If that makes sense, they're capable of winning. They should have won last week. It was an exciting game to watch. Yeah. And they could put up a bunch of points quickly. A big reason for that, and that's this first key here. We got a pressure, Joe Burrow. Rookie, he's not playing like a rookie. He loves this game. He's an excellent quarterback. He's going to be here around for a long time. What you like to see in the NFL? Well, he's showing that he's very elusive in the pocket. Yes. He's able to move effectively in the pocket. So getting him off his mark is not going to be the big deal. You got to get to him and get him down. Right. Don't allow him to get the ball off. I mean, so it's going to be good for our offensive line or defensive line. Yeah. To apply the pressure, but get to him early, often and get him unsettled to be in the pocket. So he's not afraid to run. He's not afraid to run the ball. No, he's not. Well, he's a, he was a former Ohio State Buckeye. So, you know, just throwing that out there. We gave him the LSU with this. That's a different story for a different day. But we got to be able to get to him in the pocket this week. Like you picked the Ohio State part out of it. Just a little bit. Just a little bit. Do you have to get to him? Absolutely. Well, the reason he's doing so well is they kind of have a sort of a three-headed monster, if you will, in receivers in Boyd, A.J. Green, T. Higgins, the rookie. Yes. Titans, Mr. Football. He was recognized. He's a Tennessee guy from Oak Ridge. Titans recognized Higgins. But he's got targets. Yes. And, you know, our secondary has been, you know, we've had some issues under secondaries here. So they're going to be busy. I think this team, though, is the perfect get-right game for us. Like this isn't, they're not a pushover, but we've got to really, really be disciplined. No, extremely disciplined, especially in the secondary. We've given up some big plays this year in our passing attack or defending the pass. And it's going to put a lot of pressure on the structure of our secondary. So, you know, not having a Dory Jackson is going to hurt some guys who've got to step up and realize that, hey, we've got to play a complementary team ball. We've got to be at the right spots. We've got to be able to, because we can get turnovers. We've shown that. But in terms of giving up the big plays, getting that off on third down, when the first second and third down is going to be key, and again, it goes back up to the pressure that's applied up front. Yeah. Also, too, I'd like to see us plus 30. I mean, that's just what it's taking in this league this year. The defenses are giving up, but we've got to keep pace. I mean, I was impressed that we kept Pittsburgh to just 27, but only three in the second half. That was key there. So the third key here on the clock. Okay. Control the clock. Pittsburgh had the ball for 13 more minutes than we did this last game. That was the difference. That was the difference. And we got out to a slow start down 14-nothing, then the snowball effect rolled. We got the ball back at the first set. So if we can get off to a fast start, Derek Henry rolling a little bit earlier, let him just pound on that defense, control the clock, keep that offense off the field, the bangle offense off the field, keep Joe Burrow and those trio receivers on the sideline where they can't do much damage is going to help us out tremendously. So they have, they're down three starters on their O line. So they've got backups playing on the O line. That should be good for our defensive line. Also they give up a lot of rushing yards. So owning the clock, controlling the clock, Derek Henry, you know, he had going up against tough defense. He had a good game against them. 75 yards touchdown. But I see, I see Derek getting 100, maybe 150 in this game, maybe 200, maybe another 200 yard game. He's the league, he's the league leading rusher. I mean, it's looking good. I have an interesting question for you about this loss coming up on the other side. So do stick around over time on Titans Blitz. We'll be right back. Halloween edition of Blitz lounge. Welcome to the Halloween edition of the Titans Blitz presented by farm Bureau health plans. Lance Smith, Eddie George, overtime here on the show. And with that, I have a question for you. So I want to talk about inspiring the team. And I can't think of anybody better to talk to you about it than you because you're a leader and we have the video evidence right here. I love these days. I could watch that on loop all day long. So my question, Mr. Leader, Eddie George, is it possible for this team to take more from this loss than they would have if they had won it? Without without a doubt. You learn more from your losses than you do your victories. Okay. Because sometimes when you win the way that they've won, you tend to sweep the little things under the rug. Yeah. And you take for granted those things like, okay, for example, okay, we're finding ways to bounce back in these games coming from behind and it's fun and it's cute, but you're not dominating the way that you need to and it catches up with you. So when you have a loss like this, it's a good thing. You say, okay, what can we do differently? How can we come out faster? How can we approach this differently than we ever had before and learn from this? So we can go on another four or five game when it's because your loss is glad to happen early so they can learn and appreciate it and grow from it and hold each other accountable to a higher standard. And then when you come up and you come out the next week, it just continues to grow and grow because the last thing you can do is those wins can mask a lot of those inefficiencies and inconsistencies and it'll show up at the wrong time in the playoffs. Yeah, man. I just watching that. Listen, you talk now and watching that clip of you with the team, firing them up. Yeah, I missed that. It's a fire in you, man. It's still there. It is to my sons. Get an A in English. Get an A in English. You need to be in honor. I take all this seriously and he's dressed as Michael Myers and I'm impressed. Hey, happy Halloween, everybody. Be safe this weekend. And please, it is your right as your privilege. Vote. All right, we will see you next week on the show if I'm still alive. Glitz lounge. Thank you for being here. Bless you all. Gotta get that Titans win. Tighten up. Tighten up. Tighten up.