 I can't be more proud to be the head coach of this football team. That's right there in the second half is our identity, sir. Believe in it, practice it, preach it, demand it out of each other. We write our stories. Intercept it, fire it. You just never know, and that's how we're built. We don't panic, we don't freak out, put the next guy in there. Oh, God, Trill! Diante Foreman! If you fight like you did in the second half, I'll take you in any street fighting. We fight our ass off, fight out who we play, where we plan, and what time we plan to hear and continue to prepare. We're going to win a ton of games. One play at a time, one practice at a time, win every day, not just every game, win every day. We're going to go all the way, bro. You've got to take it, one week at a time. Let's go, baby. Hey, Titans on three. One, two, three, Titans! For minutes, we'll have a full show. Welcome, everybody, to the Titans Blitz. We are live downtown Nashville, Nissan Stadium. Where the AFC runs through, right? It goes through Nissan. Listen, what a year it's been. It's been an amazing season. It's had its ups and its downs. It's then some, but we are number one in the AFC. We got to take care of business this weekend against the Cincinnati Bengals, and we'll talk about that on the show coming up. But as you can see, I'm without a co-host. This show has been incredible for five seasons. Eddie George, the man, sat right here, hosting the show with me. It was great, but we love you, Eddie. He went off the go coach TSU, proud of him. And this year, we've had a revolving door of guest hosts. They've all been great. We love each and every one of them. This week, though, you think I'm flying solo, right? Actually, we thought we would have a special guest. We'd change it up a little bit. This time, we thought we'd bring in a, well, a college coach. What am I kidding? Ladies and gentlemen, Eddie George! It's like I couldn't string that out. I had to bring the man out. Have a seat, man. This feels right. Yeah, it does. Yeah, man. Like old times, brother, like old times. Like old times. The seat still feels nice. Had a few guys in there. CJ2K was here, Marmary, Annie, Keith, Boyle, you know, the whole gang, this one. But we missed you. I missed being here. I cannot lie, missing the smiling faces. Here in the Titan Chance, the Eddie Chance. What a wood first seat. Wow, Eddie. It was supposed to be packed this weekend in the house, so. The team's been busy. Yeah, they have. We'll get to it, but real quick. You know, you went off, head coach, TSU, great job. How was it? How was it? I mean, you know. I remember you telling me about it when they offered you the job. It was right here in this seat. Right in this seat. I was like, oh man. And then you took it and your expectations going in, coming out of it. I mean, did it take you a while to feel like you had your sea legs under yours? You know what? I'm still getting my sea legs under me. Okay. But it's been fulfilling because I have a chance to pour into the lives of these young men and give back to the game that gave me so much. Yeah. Those were the first words out of his mouth when he told me that he was offered the job. It's about those kids. So yeah, man, you did it. It was a wonderful year. A lot of highs and lows learned a lot through the losses. Yeah. I mean, to learn how to win, you have to learn how to lose. And I've learned it as a player, but now as a coach, I can't necessarily impose my physical will on anybody. I have to do, yeah, I have to... So that's a great theory. I have to explain, I have to encourage, I have to learn my players and how to motivate them individually to influence them, to do the right things. And really teaching and preaching to them to be better people. And as a byproduct of that, I will get what I want on the football field. So it's been gratifying. And it came at a time in my life where I lost both my parents last year. So it's the same, like two months apart. So I needed that more so than they needed me. So it was a true gift. Wow. We are honored and humbled by your presence back. We're glad to be back, man. Absolutely. It's good to see you. Well, for all that you've been through, all that you've been going through, have you been able to watch the Titans? I have, you know, on Saturdays after we break down, excuse me, Sundays we break down the game from Saturday. I had the game on. I'm checking them out and seeing what they're doing. And unfortunately, we lost our big dog and Derek Henry earlier this season, but the train just rolls. It did. It was amazing to watch. They put together Deontay Foreman, Don Troll Hillier. I mean, they were, you know, Jeremy Nichols there. Anybody, they kept the game plan moving and we were still putting up big numbers on the ground. Well, and that's a testament to Mike Rabel, who should be the NFL coach of the year. Yes! Sitting in a seat of it as a head coach, when you lose bodies like that, when you lose your best player, you're dealing with your best receiver coming in and out, Julio Jones was in and out. You have now have implemented a system that you can, that's tried and true. It all starts up front with the big boys, you know, offensive line, defensive line. The defense really came of age this season. How they only garnered one all pro or pro-world players beyond the AFC. Right, yeah. That's, that's ridiculous. Colk, it's seven and where are they? Watching. Yeah, watching. So, but, but I say all that to say that they've been able to establish a system that anybody can come in and do their thing in there. The number one seed, the AFC, they didn't just make the playoffs, given all the challenges with the roster. They're the number one seed in the AFC. Hadn't been helping. Took ownership of it. Remarkable job by Mike Brayboy. Absolutely, absolutely. Oh, real quick, real quick, we got the guy. We got to go to break in a second, but we got our man back. We got Derek back. You know, what do you think has been going through his head watching, knowing what he can do for this offense? I mean, what's been, what he's been going through over the last eight, nine weeks. I mean, he's been trying to get back. He went dark off of social media, just trying to get healthy. And I hadn't been in that position. You know, I know what the mind said he's been in. I'm going to say that I'm glad he's back, but let's ease him into it. Treat him like a third strength running back, give him some touches here or there. If he plays, I mean, listen, he's not in sync with the offensive line. He's not game ready. He might break off one or two big plays, but to what avail, they may win this game. They're going to win this game, but how will he respond after that the next week? You want to have him for the long term, especially next season in years to come. So let's be cautious. I will say this. Just his presence alone is going to make an impact, just like your presence alone on this show is making an impact. And he's Georgia's back. Just a little break right now. We've got one Titan's bless. Under the sides, look around. Here's some nice on. Remember, they love us. We'll be right back. Cannon Hill looks left, fires. Julio Jones, tights down. Titans finally, as Simmons had him, was going to take him to the ground. Stafford's winged it right into the arms of Long, who nearly got into the end zone. He fires that field. Bonnie to the Titans. Let's come into your live from Nissan Stadium. Lance Smith back with Eddie George, the one and only. Good to have you back, man. Glad to be back. I stole this from one of the fans. Yeah, I got that from the audience. This is sweet right there. I love it. It's nice. Isn't it too heavy? You got it? You handle it? Of course, got a big neck. You can handle it. You can handle it. Man, so you remember this segment we used to do with it? Yeah, it was like a favorite. Listen, this year, we had to mix things up with you being gone. We had CJ2K here and they made me draw against CJ2K. Really? The segment coming up, Vague Van Gogh, is, you'll see, features child artists drawing their favorite Titans players and seeing if they can guess who it is. But they made me do it in front of this crowd with CJ and CJ1. I didn't know he was an artist. Really? Yeah. He's too old to be in this segment. But right now, check out the latest edition of Vague Van Gogh. Wait, hold the phone. There's no way. There's no way. The red cleats, the red gloves, I see the muscles. There's only a couple people that have red cleats. I like the touch. I like the night design right here. Got long legs here. Looks like he's doing a stiff arm. This one gives it away right away for me. Why? Because the ball's tucked high and tight. You might think I'd be saying the stiff arm. Because you know, the king loves a stiff arm. But the king also loves fundamentals and techniques. And with the fundamentals techniques, you notice that ball is high and tight with the chop or the rig as other defensive players would take it. This is an easy guess for me. I'm going to go with myself because I'm a red glove, red cleat kind of guy. Got to be Derek Henry. I got to say Derek Henry. I'm going to go with Derek Henry on this one. Tough torso, but this is going to be Derek Henry. Oh, the stiff arm. This is D-Hand. Which kind of makes sense, because this is stiff arm arm. So I think I should have got that from the jump, but. Derek Henry, which Eddie knew right away. The legs gave it away. The legs. The legs, the big torso and the stiff arm, yeah. It's better than I could do. All right, how's your trivia knowledge? Ooh, I'm a little rusty, but I'm always good to go. We've got all sorts of new segments on this. We've been mixing it up a little bit. Just changing things up a little bit. Just a little bit. All right, we've got the Titans trivia gauntlet on the other side. Do not go far. Titans Blitz will be right back to the Titans Blitz. I'm hanging out with a few new friends of mine. Dan and Taran, and it is time now to put them through the Titans trivia gauntlet. Perhaps we'll make that less spooky next year, but it's playoff time, so get serious, get scared. Dan, how you doing? All right, how are you? I'm good, you ready for this? Yes, sir. Love your Titans? I do. You better, Taran? All day. You better say it, all right. Sign up, sign up. That is the word. All right, here we go. Dan, you won the Rock, Paper, Scissor contest. To start this thing, I've got six questions, three questions apiece for each of you. Then I got a final question worth two points, and the winner gets a nice prize at the end. You ready? Here we go, Dan. First question for you. They start easy, they get harder. Which team, Dan, is not in the Titans division? Jaguars, Texans, Browns, or Colts? Browns. Browns, that is correct. Used to be. Not anymore. One point for you, Dan. Question to you, Taran. Here we go. Which team is not in the Tennessee Titans conference? Patriots, Bengals, Chiefs, or Packers? Packers. That's right. There we go. Ooh, it's all tied up. Question number three. Here you go, Dan. What is the name of the Tennessee Titans current offensive coordinator? Is that Arthur Smith, Dean Pease, Todd Downing, or Shane Bowen? Arthur Smith. Right there, going with Arthur Smith. Arthur Smith is now head coach of Atlanta. All right, Taran, a chance to take the lead here. Question number four. What team employed John Robinson immediately before he became the general manager of the Titans? Was that the Buccaneers, the Patriots, the Falcons, or the Panthers? Patriots. Patriots. The Patriots, it was actually the Buccaneers. It's all tied still, though. Next question for you, Dan. Here we go, look to the screen. Which of these Titans attended a college closest to the North Pole? Which of these Titans attended a college closest to the North Pole? Was that Jeffrey Simmons, Christian Fulton, Ryan Tannehill, or Taylor LaJuan? Taylor LaJuan? Taylor LaJuan, yes, Michigan, that is closest. Everybody else is south of the Mason-Dixon line. Okay, Taran, next up for you. Reading from the screen, here we go. Who was the Titans' opponent? When Rob Baronas set an NFL record with eight field goals in a game. Eight field goals in that game. Set a record, Rob Baronas did. Was that against the Chiefs, the Texans, the Rams, or the Dolphins? Texans? It was the Texans! He says with somewhat confidence. Next up, Dan, here we go. Final question, you each get to answer this one. Prior to Derek Henry, who was the only other Titans player to end a game with an overtime touchdown run? Prior to Derek Henry, only the Titans player to end a game with a touchdown run. Chris Brown, Eddie George, Vince Young, Chris Johnson. Let's say you. Eddie George. Eddie George, Taran, you get to answer as well for two points. You gonna change it or do you want to say somebody else? We'll go Eddie. You're gonna go Eddie? It's actually, you may know it, Vince Young! All right, for the tiebreaker here, Dan. Closest, here we go. You can't go over, how many passing yards does Ryan Tannell have for the season? Take it, take it, wild swing. 950. 950. Taran. 3,500. It's actually 3,500 and 3,700. He was very close. Taran is a big winner this evening. And he did a fine job, but Ryan's been slinging it a little bit more than that. How about an autographed item from one another than Eddie George? A little bubble head axe coming to you live from Nissan Stadium. The crowd's still very excited. Lance Smith and Eddie George back with you. Eddie, it's so great to have you back. Man, glad to be back, brother. Got a big one coming up. I forgot how fast the show goes. It goes fast, doesn't it? Yes, it does. Live TV, and the season goes fast. Man, we're here at the end of it. It was also very strange as we having the number one seed just watching people play football, knowing that you're in it. But just twiddling your thumbs. Feels good. Yeah, it feels good. Well, the game is fast approaching now, taking on these bangles. First of all, we lost to them last season. Is there any going back to that? Is there any motivation just from that loss? That's a different team, different era, different time. It's just bigger than that at this point. That was in the regular season. I think at the time, they were what, three, they had won three games or two games, something like that. So this is a completely different animal at this time. No pun intended to bangle. But they're playing with a great deal of confidence. They're balanced offensively. Joe Barrow is playing probably the best football of any quarterback right now. I mean, you can, he's the future of, but just weapons galore. Yeah, I mean, the receiving core is deadly. Chase, who's a rookie, he's having a phenomenal year. The conviction is awesome on the ground. And of course, Barrow is, again, he's playing great football. There's going to be a great test for us in our secondary and of course, they've got to make him uncomfortable in the pocket. Now see, that's just the, okay, so yeah. Jamar Chase, over 1,400 yards this season, 13 touchdowns, T. Higgins, over 1,000 yards, six touchdowns, Tyler Boyd, 828 yards, five touchdowns. It's a three-headed receiving monster. And yeah, you mentioned him as Jamar Chase is a rookie, but they have such chemistry. That's just a rookie thing happening there. They know each other. Jamar, he's just throwing it up. Joe's just throwing it up for Jamar, knowing that he's going to come down with it. Well, the key is going to be this, offensively for, or defensively for the Titans is to make them one-dimensional. If they provide balance, if Joe Mixon is ripping off four yards of pop and able to break off big runs, that sets up the pass. Now, I like our chances better when the ball is in the air because three things can happen. You can catch it, get interception or incomplete, and two of them are bad. So it'll be a good thing for us. So I like that. Offensively, we got to protect the football. And we got to play tight in football. We got to one time a possession because that means that potent offense and Joe Mixon and Joe Burrow and all those receivers, those who usually be catching dogs, are on the sidelines and we have a chance to control the ball game. You always say, and that just echoes in my head, it's one of the trenches, it's one of the trenches, it's one of the trenches. And this season, it's never been more evident and we're only rushing four most of the time. I mean, our front four up front, Defree, Landry, Simmons, Autry, it is, it's the most underrated front defense in the NFL. Jeffy Simmons not make all pro is beyond me. I mean, again, I'm just... Can I just say as a fan, I'm glad he didn't because he's going to take it out on everybody that he stands across from. No question, no question. Man, yeah. And just overall, number one seed, talk to the rookies for a second. Talk to the rookies about what they're stepping on. Well, I mean, listen, number one seed really doesn't mean anything. All it means is you punched your ticket to play an extra week, you got a bye week. And it means that, hey, you know, you got to come out and there's extra pressure because you're playing at home off the bye week with a team that comes in with really no pressure. So it was going to be a great game to watch. Yeah, no, it's going to be an incredible game to watch. It's going to be an incredible game to be at and you better be here and you better be loud. Also, to get you ready for it Friday 6th and Peabody, check it out on your screen right here. 6.30 to 9.00 PM, a little pep rally action. We are going to get ready for this game. Listen, number one seed, home field advantage throughout the playoffs. We got to make a statement. Make a statement. We want to win. We want to win. Because we want another one next week. Eddie George is so good to have you back, my friend. You know, baby, tighten up. Tighten up, everybody.