 season started people getting into Nissan Stadium early noticing the new look ring of honor and the incredible new food choices everybody gearing up for their day here at the stadium but most of all gearing up for what figures to be an exciting football game. Mike Keith it just smells like football out here everything about today is perfect for a home kickoff game I can't believe that we're finally here and this is gonna be a great contest. As we get to the regular season that means inactives for both teams 90 minutes before kickoff let's take a look at the Titans inactives to begin a couple receivers Cameron Batson and Josh Reynolds defensive back Chris Jackson David Long at linebacker already declared out Dylan Radins in the offensive line Tommy Hudson at tight end and Rashad Weaver at outside linebacker so those are the inactives for the Tennessee Titans your inactives for the Arizona Cardinals let's take a look at those Chris Strevler is their third quarterback he is down 26 is you know Benjamin he is a running back he is down two defensive backs Luke Barcu and take Gowan down and an offensive lineman Josh Miles so no big surprises maybe Josh Reynolds a little bit but he has not gotten back into full practice mode since being down early in camp I'm not too surprised are you no I'm not surprised at all and I think that this is a situation where it's better to wait better to have him at 100% completely on track when he's back on the field and the Titans still have some weapons at that receiver position nice lead in Chester Rogers is going to be up Nick Westbrook Akina is up AJ Brown is up and of course it's the debut debut of Julio Jones it is the debut of Julio Jones this is what we've all been waiting for so excited to have him out on the field and if you're the Arizona Cardinals defense there's a lot to pay attention to there's a lot of people that you have to account for Julio Jones AJ Brown Derek Henry they're all going to be out there all right also the debut of Bud Dupri at outside linebacker one of the reasons Rashad Weaver is down today even though he played so well in the preseason is Bud Dupri has bounced back in recent weeks doing more getting more action he's less than nine months off that ACL surgery but he's a medical marvel and he's going to play today absolutely and you have to imagine that they're going to watch the amount of snaps that he's taking just a little bit just to make sure he doesn't overdo it but any chance that you have to get Bud Dupri on the field working with the defense is a great day for the Tennessee Titans new look secondary for the Titans today to 80% of the starters will be different we're talking about Jack Rabbit Jenkins a money hooker at safety Christian Fulton playing at the corner position and then we expect Elijah Molden will be the lead nickel the rookie out of Washington they're going to be taking on some very good receivers and a very good quarterback the secondary one of the stories of the day absolutely they're definitely the group to watch but having a guy like a money hooker who is really stepping into a leadership role having Kevin Byard there to help orchestrate everything and be an extra set of coaches eyes on the field there's so many things that this secondary can really do and wow the speed back there all of the sudden this team has a lot of speed at that position now so I don't know if I'd want to be in Arizona Cardinals wide receiver today here we go and right tackle David Quessenberry will get the start but there is veteran depth and that's something that has to make Mike Vrabel and Todd Downing the offensive coordinator feel good absolutely and we know what Quessenberry can do we've seen him on the field we've seen him fill in at multiple positions so we know that he can handle it but you're right there is depth at that spot you've got a Kendall lamb you've got other guys who can step in if necessary and can take some of the extra snaps if he needs it so a lot of options I think you got it right Quessenberry with the familiarity with the system with the consistency and he's played last year at left tackle with more reps in training camp that's why he's getting the start on the right side today 31 years old the cancer survivor who continues to be a big part of this football team David Quessenberry will be the lead but we do figure to see Kendall lamb at some point in this game might even see Tyson Braylow as well the tight end position is one that's interesting we mentioned Tommy Hudson is down Jeff Swain is back after an injury and being on the COVID list obviously Anthony Firkser is a big part of things he's going to catch passes we know that but Michael Pruitt who was resigned to the practice squad on September 3rd after spending training camp with the 49ers he's been called up he's gonna play football today and the Titans need a good effort out of number 85 yeah and he's someone who's familiar with this system he's familiar with what Mike Vrabel and Todd Downing are going to be looking for so for him to be able to step into that role make an impact right away is great for this Tennessee Titans team Derek Henry obviously going to be a story anytime the Tennessee Titans are mentioned last year in the season opener it was tough sledding at Denver 31 carries for 115 yards Titans would like to see him break some big ones today doesn't figure to be easy against what is a solid Arizona defense absolutely I mean Derek Henry we know is able to just keep pushing and pushing and pushing until he gets that break so maybe that's what we'll see today but you also have to remember that the Cardinals defense is having to make some choices today there's a lot of weapons on the field for this Titans offense so maybe he can catch a lucky breaker to the Titans thought they had solved their kicking and for kicking situations matter of fact when we wrote this script they had we're going to talk about Sam Ficken and be excited about the fact that he had stabilized the Titans kicking situation and then Friday in practice injured a groin he's on injured reserve and so a guy who's been in town less than 48 hours better known as the money badger Michael Badgley cut in training camp after being the Chargers kicker for three years Badgley will take over as the place kicker today in his career 30 of 30 inside 40 yards not as good outside 40 yards and really not as effective outside 50 yards or on kickoffs so the Titans probably gonna have to make some decisions with how they kicked today based on the fact that this is a guy they barely know and he's a different style kicker than Ficken right absolutely and the people who are really going to be working a lot on the sidelines are the holder and Brett Kern they're people who are going to be trying to establish that chemistry you're gonna see him moving all around the sidelines trying to stay warm trying to get ready and they're going to be trying to get on the same page throughout the entirety of the game just remember this is a guy that when he started his career with the Chargers he was hot made 94% of his kicks made a 59 yarder made a game winner to beat Pittsburgh on Monday night football he was the darling of the media in Southern California again they tapped him the money badger hopefully he'll get off to a good start today in Tennessee even though he's only been here for literally hours that's okay grab a cup of coffee let's ride here we go let's ride everyone we're headed upstairs to booth 7 at Nissan Stadium Titans countdown is on the air at the top of the hour Amy Wells and Rhett Bryant a lot to come your way including Amy's talk with AJ Brown we're excited about that plus a big announcement about a big tune in 104 5 the zone in Nashville and anywhere you can hear Titans radio for our outstanding crew and Amy Wells Mike he says let's get this one tighten up everybody