 As Derek Henry touched down, was it Landry? He got it, intercepted it on a deflection. Henry, 20, Henry 15, Henry 10, to the end zone. Jack! Splits presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. I'm Lance Smith. You wanted to say it, this is Eddie George, y'all. In case you're wondering why I, Eddie and myself are dressed this way, this is our Salute to Service show, or Titans Splits show because this weekend, this game brought to you by Cooper Steel is our Salute to Service game. And this audience right here, we've got veterans and active duty military and all season ticket holders. Give yourselves a round of applause. Thank you for being here. Thank you so much for being here, but thank you for where you've been and what you've done. That, more importantly, oh my God, it is such an honor to have you here in this game. This game's gonna be exciting. Yeah, we need y'all, by the way. Loud and the stadium this week to make it happen. It's a lot more. Of course, we're honoring our military with our Cooper Steel Salute to Service. Trace Atkins singing the national anthem. Billy Ray Cyrus along with a Voices of Service at halftime. Gonna be awesome. It's gonna be awesome. All right, well, let's kick off this show and do what we do. Eddie, we gotta do a little four downs with you here, brother. Yeah, we do. We gotta talk about this game. Yeah, we do. Yeah, we do. But you know, it's not as bad as you think. When you pop on the film the next day, after a loss, it's not as bad as you thought it was and we pop on a win after a win. But a win is not as good as you thought. And this is one of those cases. All right, well, we'll talk about that. First down says it all. It's about this slow start. You know what? It's not, they're not, they're not in inept offense to the point where they can't run the football, they can't throw the football. Right, right, right. They're shooting themselves in the foot. That's the frustrating thing. It's the frustrating part about it. Yeah. It's momentum killers, it's penalties. It's not converting on first downs. It's all of those things. It's not finishing, executing the drive. I mean, suck up, he struggled during the course of the game. Missed the field goal, that's a momentum killer. On the road, that's something that you need to get going. This team is so close to being really, really good. Load of a talent. Load of a talent, being consistent. And you just gotta be disciplined to the point where you can't afford to have those mistakes. Anywhere, but especially on the road in terms of getting that momentum. Fourth time this season, we've been shut out in the first half. Right. That's frustrating. But it's not to the point where we have no offense. Right. We can't figure it out. We're able to move the football. Yeah. We're capable of doing it. And I think Tandy Hill, he showed that he can, if he gets behind schedule, like he can complete the third long pass. We can't make it third and 21. Right. Can't be third and 17. You gotta make it manageable for him. And I think he's showing that he's capable of doing it, running the football and throwing the football. He threw some nice strikes to get us back into a manageable third and fourth down situation. Well, the guy that really sort of brought it all back around was in that second half. Derek Henry's second half was incredible. Got us back in this game, especially the opening drive of the second half. He touched it seven times, put it in the end zone. And early this week, I made a comment that I didn't know the Titans commitment to Derek Henry, but after watching the tape, the Titans got off schedule in the first half to where they really couldn't feed him and feature him like he needed to. But when we see when he gets the football, they gave it to him seven straight times. You gotta let the big dog eat, man. And if he eats, he's hungry, he's hungry for more. He can wear you down. But unfortunately, the Titans, they had to build into a 17 point deficit and couldn't get on schedule again. And that's what we saw. He couldn't wear on a defense because they got behind. They had to throw the ball a little bit more. And the Titans, quite frankly, were not disciplined enough offensively to overcome that deficit. To me, it says a lot though, when you got a guy like that getting the ball, the defense knows he's getting the ball and he's still running it down their throat. He's running a lot harder and a lot angrier this season than I've seen him in the past. You know, for a lot of reasons, I think Derek, contract year, yeah, I know of course he wants to get the big money, but I think he wants to leave his mark on the game. You know, he wants to leave his mark and be one of the great running backs in his league, much like Ezekiel Elliott, Todd Gurley, Kristen McAfrey, he wants to be consistent. And that's what we're seeing out of Derek Henry right now. Another guy that's leaving his mark on the game, Mr. Harold Landry had a big day. Here we are on third down. Landry had a big day, had a sack, a couple of tackles for loss, interception. He's got six sacks for the season. And he's a real game disrupter even if his name's not getting caught in the play. He's wreaking havoc in that back. Yes, and this defense is full of playmakers, whether it's Landry or it's... Simmons, whomever. They have a playmaker on every level of the defense, whether it's the defensive line, linebackers, secondary. And they're capable. But the problem is that they're on the field a little too long, and you're going to give a big place because that's how it is. You're out in the field a long time and you're tired, you're going to wear down easily. You've got to shut it down. But these guys play well together. Yeah, real quick. Last fourth down, we talked about it last week. We said you got to shut him down. He had 166 all-purpose yards. Well, we can't shut him down. Christopher Cavry's good. Slow him down. I mean, look, this guy is probably the leading MVP candidate in the NFL right now for obvious reasons. I mean, he is a breakaway thread on wheels. He reminds me of Ladanian Tomlinson. He's having that type of year. When he won it in 2001, I believe, Ladanian Tomlinson won the MVP award. I mean, he's just so explosive. You get him in space. You get him the ball in the passing game, whether it's screens, running the football. He runs a beautiful, short side sweep into the boundary, which is tough to defend. This guy's coming downhill right now. He's tough in reaching the tackles. He's able to break away runs as well. Start-stop speed, super fast. I mean, he's the closest thing to what we've seen in terms of Barry Sanders in the long term. That's high praise. He says a lot, and he's putting it on tape. You've seen it. All right, we've got a lot more to talk about on the show here, but you know, 15 minutes can save you 15% or more on your car insurance. So with that, we go to break with our guy to go fast 15, but stick around. Titans Blitz will be right back. Right? Right. Gifts it to Henry at right guard. Henry to the five, to the end zone. And he'll screens it right side. Henry, 20, Henry 15. Lance, he's eddy. It is now halftime here on the show. And we have members of our military here in the house, also seasoned ticket members. They are both. And recently we had a special breakfast here at Nissan Stadium. Veterans who are also seasoned ticket members. We gave them a little breakfast and we surprised two special seasoned ticket members with just the most awesome, awesome gift. Check this out. Today we're having as part of our annual salute to service celebration. We're honoring veterans with breakfast this morning at the Tennessee State Museum. We invited them here because they're our seasoned ticket members and PSL holders. And we want to recognize their service and make sure they understand how deeply we appreciate their commitment to our country and the service that they've offered. If you are a veteran or you're an active military would you please stand right now so we can recognize you. We gave away two tickets to the Super Bowl that's gonna take place in February in Miami. To a couple that were guests here today. Thank you so much for your service. And thank you for what you've done. And so on behalf of Titans, the national football league, do you think you can find somebody to watch the kids the first weekend in February so you can go find them and see Super Bowl 52? Oh my God! You think? Kind of took us by surprise, just caught up to the stage and won tickets to Miami for the Super Bowl. Apparently they're flying us and giving us a room and everything. I'm still kind of in shock to be honest. It's awesome to be recognized and they do a really good job taking care of us. This is definitely something I've wanted to do my entire life. And now I just need my Titans to go to the Super Bowl! Titans up baby! John and Julia Bell in the house with us. You said you were a crier John and you are, it's true but those are good tears, good tears crying for you. What I get that is that's really cool. Real quick, from a player's perspective, what does it mean to play for these guys and have them in the house here? Oh man. Well first of all, thank you all for your service. My father served in the military. My grandfather served in the military practice. My whole family served to some degree. So I appreciate the efforts that you put out there. So when we can have events like this where you can come in and spend time with us and we can play for you guys to show our little appreciation, it means so much. So we go out there, we grind for y'all. We try to fight for y'all. We try to have you leave the stadium with smiles on your faces because you won the game. So it means a lot to us to give to y'all in that small capacity. So thank you very much for everything. Thank you so much. And now let's hope the Titans are there for John and Julia. I just want to carry your bags. Can I carry your bags down to Miami? You sure? All right. I'm gonna hold you to that, man. All right, on the other side, we're gonna talk about this game coming up. Kansas City Chiefs are coming to Nissan Stadium and we got the keys to the victory. So stick around, Titans Blitz, we'll be right back. Let's present our farm bureau health plans. It is now the two minute warning here on the show. So we got to talk about the keys to victory this Sunday here at Nissan Stadium. It's the Kansas City Chiefs. Again, Cooper Steele's salute to service game. We're honoring our military. They are here in-house with us, veterans, active duty. What a game it's gonna be. I mentioned at the top of the show, Trace Atkins doing the National Anthem, Billy Ray Cyrus, voices of service at halftime. Gonna be a big day. Oh, and there's also football to be played. Yeah, I know, concert first. Yeah, so first key, pressure the QB. Who's playing? Does it matter? I don't think, well, it does matter now. Pat Mahomes, a grown man. When he's healthy, he's the best in the league. But I'd rather have a gippy Pat Mahomes back there rather than a Matt Moore, because Matt Moore is very capable. Matt Moore's been on fire. He's been on fire, man. And that offense still goes no matter who's under center. But I think if Mahomes is in the game, we can try to get to him, pressure him, try to see where he's at mobility-wise, and try to get to him. I mean, the pressure on the quarterback is gonna be key with a four-man rush. He's gonna be very important. Listen, this is Matt Moore, by the way. This is his last game. Pressured, passer rating, 139.6. Deep passer rating, 149.3. This is best in the league. This is Matt Moore we're talking. So he was playing Mahomes-esque football. Yes, he is. But in his own way. In his own way. Mahomes did practice in full today. So it's looking like it could be, it might be him. It doesn't matter, gotta get to him. Gotta get to him, because I think they're gonna prepare as if it is gonna be Matt Moore. If it's not, I think they have some tape on how to get to Pat's Mahomes. I think the Titans have a good defense where they can slow him down, slow this offense down. Indy, Indy laid a good blueprint. All right, number two, get the offense back on track. We're kind of talking about this in this last game. They've gotta be consistent and gotta keep these drives alive. It starts with 22. Okay. I'm saying, you know what, Derek? The first 15 plays, load up, get some more to get some IVs, because we're gonna ride you today. And that's how I would approach this game. Start with number 22, get him on track and let the offense just morph outside of that, but play action and you get Tandy Hill involved. Because Tandy Hill is capable of making plays in this offense, both with his legs and his arm. And we have the weapons to do it. So how I get on track is I start with number 22. Well, I like keeping 22 on the field. I like keeping our offense on the field, because we gotta keep their offense off the field. We gotta especially keep Tyreek Hill off the field. Slow down hill is the third key. The man is fast, super fast. You know what, I didn't, there's a clip. I mean, may have it on here where- Are you talking about the Damien Williams run? Yes! Let's go ahead and roll that Damien Williams touchdown. That's a stop on a nonsense. Here you go, right here. So this is a 91 yard touchdown run that you would be like, ooh, Damien Williams, you're so fast. Oh, who's that catching up to your run and at 22.64 miles per hour, the fastest of any player in two years. Look at that, he made it. That's Tyreek Hill just trying to pat him on the butt. And pass him! Yeah, and pass them! On grass! Okay, do you know how fast you're on grass? Pass them, say, here you go. This way. This way. This way. He just showed them up. Table for one, sir, in the end zone. Man, listen. That's the fastest, man, I've ever seen. I've seen Dion play, Daryl Green play, Rod Woodson play, Joey Galloway, awful, but that dude is a different speed like no other. He is. Chris Johnson, I mean, golly. Super fast, well done. If someone else is super fast, there's this man right here, Mr. Eddie George. You got a plan to catch, sir. I got a plan to catch, sir. Thank you for being here. Eddie George, ladies and gentlemen. A more Titan's Blitz on the other side. Eddie, we'll see you next week. All right, be good, man. More Titan's Blitz, you're all back. He's still here in spirit. Welcome back to the Titan's Blitz presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. Eddie really did have to catch a plane. So I gotta ask, we have a ton, make some noise. How many fans do we have in here tonight? Our fan base. We have dedicated fans that come to every game. I've talked to fans at our home games and said they'd never miss the game. They go to away games. How dedicated are you? Well, we asked that of one special fan and he filed this report. Let me tell you something. Joe is a big fan. Take a look. Anyone can be a fan, choose a team and scream their heart out, but it takes loyalty, dedication and fearlessness to venture into the heart of a storm. To stand up when you are outnumbered a thousand to one, these fans are the warriors on the ground that suffer the conditions of the battle. These fans, these fans bleed blue. Joe Lemming has been a fan since he was five years old. It was tradition for him and his dad to go to one game a year. In 2015, Joe brought an end to that tradition and bought him and his dad PSL tickets. But he doesn't only go to home games, he's been to 17 away games. You could say he travels well. His next stop was Carolina. Yeah, I mean, the stadium seats over 75,000 fans and pretty loud in there. Man, let me tell you, it's rowdy in there. Something I got to prepare myself for every game going into an away game is I just expect the absolute worst. We've got fans yelling at us all the time. We've had stuff throwing at us before, but we're here for the boys. We got to support the two-tone blue. Okay, that's officially 2.45 a.m. Just got home from work about five hours ago. We got to get up, get ready to tighten up, head to the airport. You got to fly out to Charlotte to go support the two-tone blue today, baby, bleed blue. Let's go, baby. Boarding on the plane, heading to Charlotte right now. Let's get it. Big game today. Officially made it here. Bank of America Stadium ready to take over, trying to find some other Titans fans. Let's get this game day going. Let's go tighten. When we're cheering on the Titans, we're loud from the first quarter, all the way to the end of the fourth quarter. Win, lose, we are there for the boys and we are loud and proud. Two-tone blue all day. Three, 15, Henry 10, Henry five, Henry eight. No matter what, no matter how outnumbered I am when I'm out in the away game, I'm always going to be loud. Get ready to stick. Five, ten of heels, touch. Whole time, no matter what anybody's saying to you, it's got to stay proud throughout the entire game for the boys. And Joe Lemming is here with us, sir. You're filling Eddie's seat for me. Thank you. That's a big shoes to fill. Huge. They're enormous. Thank you for being such a fan. Would that make you nervous? Watch yourself on TV. I'm still nervous. I'm shaking. Don't be, don't be, don't be. It's a way fan experience that you've had as a Titans fan. It's got to be Kansas City, sub-zero temperatures. Ryan suck up with no time left, kicking that field goal, sitting right behind the goal post for that breathtaking. Really? It was crazy. Just replayed in your head just in slow motion. The ball's coming to you. Love it. Crazy. Scariest moment away? Any worried moments with away fans? Worried moments had to be, again, Kansas City in the playoffs this time. We were down big the first half and then, you know, the historic comeback with the Mario to pass to himself that was a terrifying environment. It's beautiful. Beautiful. Where do you sit in the stadium? Nosebleeds. 326. And you're just loud as can be the whole time. I love it. You're going to be loud this game? Oh yeah. You've got to bring it. Every week. This is a big, big, big game on Sunday, guys. Thank you to the military for being here, active duty and veterans. Thank you so much for what you do, for protecting us, for your sacrifice, for your service. It means the world to us. It means the world to me, personally and to this organization. Thanks to fans like Joe here for bringing it and bringing the noise. Like I know you're going to. This game right here, let's start bringing some noise, y'all. We got to tighten up like we do right here at Nissan Stadium in Cooper Steel, Salute and Service. We'll see you on Sunday. Tighten up, y'all.