 Time to talk ball presented by Duncan with Titans general manager John Robinson. Titans of course come off a 19 to 10 went over the Colts and I want to go back to that for just a moment. When you became the general manager here nearly seven years ago you said you wanted guys who were tough dependable team first and it was repeated over and over again. Saw a lot of that toughness on Sunday in the win. So I want to ask where did the toughness stand out the most to you in Sunday's victory over the Colts? Yeah I mean I think you could see elements of it in all three phases of the game Mike. I think on the kickoff cover we saw guys run down there whether it was Dylan Cole with a big tackle, Monty Ryder with a big you know physical tough hit defensively with the way we were able to stop the run and continue to get pressure if we had 10 hits on the quarterback. But I think the best example was the first play of the last drive in the fourth quarter where we ran it up the middle there kind of got stymied around five yards and then you see this sea of light blue jerseys just throw themselves into the pile without regard for anything and move him another five or six yards to get the first down. To me that was that was toughness exemplified in that play right there. Earlier in the program we talked to Christian Fulton and David Long about their seasons but also their emergence as leaders on the defense. What makes them such a key part of the Titans defense? Well they both think good players for us. I think David you know he played a lot for us last year this year we put a little bit more on his plate he's taken on a you know probably a little bit more vocal role defensively. He plays with a ton of energy a ton of intensity out there. Christian's kind of an elder statesman now in the back end especially at the corner position. He's seen a lot and he's played more he's improved I think he was an offseason award winner. He could teach just play squirrel and those receivers and just a guy we can really count on. Great to have Bud Dupri back in the lineup had a sack made some things happen I think eight quarterback pressures in the ball game. What does the element of having Bud Dupri in the lineup add to the defense? Well I think his size and power and length and the intensity with which he plays the game when he can get knocked back on those tackles in the run game and really kind of you know force everything to funnel back one way or bounce out to the outside that's impactful and then in the past game whether it's coming around the edge with speed or coming inside with power and violence and collapsing that pocket it's it's good to have a big long physical player like Bud back out there to really impact the game. The Titans head to Houston on Sunday last season quarterback Davis Mills played well against the Titans. What have you seen from him in his second season? Well I think he's confident in his play the players around him he plays with toughness he's not afraid to turn his back to the defense and then went back around there on the play action pass and rip it he throws a good ball he's got good command of the offense you can see that he's improved from his first year. Houston has a new weapon in running back Damien Pierce what has the rookie from Florida really added to this offense that you can see? Yeah he's really running well Mike I mean he runs behind his pads well he's got good stature for a back he's got a good balance of patience and instincts in that he lets the blocks develop he gives them time for the play to get going and he'll run it the way it's supposed to be ran but then if he sees a hole on the other side one way or the other he just got great vision to find it and gets in the hole and he makes positive yards he's a really good football player and off the fast start as a rookie. Lovey Smith is known for his defenses what do the Titans need to do against Houston's defense? Yeah I think we've got to handle their disruptive play style they like to attack and hit gaps let those linebackers run free they've got a lot of speed at linebacker so we've got to do a good job of handling the movement of the that they do up front with the line and getting on these linebackers that play with speed covering them up so we can get the run game going. Don thanks so much for your time. Always enjoy Mike.