 his second straight game. All right. So then jumping in with Laurel Merchison. Now let's go back to the Titans real quick with Laurel Merchison being called up from the practice squad. Amani Bledsoe is down in the defensive line. That's not a surprise on the other side. However, Chris Jackson at corner a possible starter today with Caleb Farley being out Chris Jackson down. Apparently that foot not healing and so he is not able to go. He came out in pregame warm-ups tried it could not play. Amani Hooker is a surprise. He was dinged in practice on Friday. We certainly hoped he'd be able to go today. The Titans starting free safety is now out. So that's two possible starters today. And then John Simon is down. That's not a surprise. But we had to wait to see if Bud Dupri would be able to play as he went through a pregame warm-up. So the Titans are dinged. They're bandaged. They're held together by duct tape a little bit on defense today. Yeah. And this is something that we've been watching all season. The Titans have had a variety of injuries at a variety of different positions. Now it seems it's the defenses. It's their turn. The defensive backs. It's a tough blow because they're already down a couple guys. So some of the guys who are going to be stepping up are really going to have to play to that starter level. All right. Let's look at the chiefs and their inactives now. And they're very healthy football team. Some injuries. Michael Burton and Anthony Hitchens down due to injuries. Deandre Baker is a healthy scratch. Austin Blythe and Prince Taiga want to go also down in the offensive line as is Lauren DuVernay Tartif. So the chiefs in good shape injury wise most of those are healthy scratches for the Titans. Let's go back to the secondary now. Who's going to start at corner opposite Jackrabbit Jenkins. Will it be Breon Borders who's up or will it be one of the two newcomers. We're talking about Greg Maven in his third tour of duty with the Titans. He was signed on Tuesday off Arizona's practice squad. Yeah. And he's a guy who's familiar with what Mike Vrables trying to do familiar with what Shane Bowen is doing on the defensive side of the ball. He spent time with the Titans on the practice squad. As you can see it gives them an option. He's a guy that we've seen get a lot of reps in practice to prepare to play today. So that could be the guy. The other guy is a practice squad game day call up. We're talking about the veteran Chris Jones. Chris Jones is another player who figures sort of in the in the mix. Does he start as he plays sub package. We don't know again. He's been on the practice squad. He's played with three different teams in the NFL. So Chris Jones Greg Maven Breon Borders all figured to be in the package. Elijah Molden is another guy who figures to be in as the nickel. But the Titans do not have a lot of depth. Not a lot of depth but some veteran presence there which is good because at the end of the day we're just playing football. We're just playing football against Patrick Mahomes. Well right. That's all. Yes. All right. So how did the Titans stop Patrick Mahomes. Well you know that's going to be a big part of the challenge overall with a battered secondary. I think it's got to start up front with a pass rush. Harold Landry has to stay hot. Absolutely they've got to get pressure on Patrick Mahomes and this defense has the challenge of preparing not only for the plays that he can make but the way that he can revive a play once it breaks down. So they've got to be consistent. They've got to pressure him all the way through the play. It's going to be a big challenge for this Titans defense. But guys like Harold Landry Jeffrey Simmons we've seen them have big years. They can continue that pressure today. They're going to have to and the defense in the secondary with the linebackers they have to avoid busts can't give up the big play. I think it's going to be a bend but break don't defense against Patrick Mahomes today. And that's oftentimes what it is anyway against the 2018 most valuable player. All right. Several Titans will be getting their first action in two tone blue today. We mentioned Chris Jones and Greg Maven. How about Mason Kenzie. This is a great story. He is a game day practice squad call up. We could see him play in the slot in Chester Rogers plays. We could also see him in punt return. Yeah. Exciting for Mason Kenzie the guy out of Berry College who is making himself known in the NFL by being the first Berry College graduate to play in the NFL. So that's a very big deal. Exciting for him. We saw him in the preseason. We saw some of what he was capable of. We saw him flash a lot against the Atlanta Falcons in that preseason game. So excited to see him get a chance and maybe get himself out on the field. Proud day for all the Vikings in Rome. Georgia had a nice win over Hendricks yesterday. 42 21. They're having another good year. Berry College at five and two. Also Kendall Lamb going to get a start at left tackle. And this is a guy they brought in as a free agent from Cleveland for just this moment. Absolutely. He's someone who's a veteran player. He knows what to do. He can perform in that spot. And he spent a lot of time kind of waiting his turn to get up there as a free agent. You hate to wait a little bit. But he has earned the chance to be there. And I'm excited to see him play today. Got some big shoes to fill with Taylor Lawan out. All right. So if you don't have a scorecard for the Titans, you probably need one today. Let's take a look at some of the returnees at the top of the list. A guy we're glad to see come back. We're talking about Brett Kern who was activated off the COVID-19 list had missed a couple games before that. We've mentioned Laryl Murchison activated from IR. He has already played this year. He will go right back in the D line rotation. Darrington Evans is going to get his first look today of 2021 in the backfield. And obviously Julio Jones who left the game Monday night is on schedule to play today. He is active. Let's go back to Darrington Evans for a second. Maybe the kickoff for a turner. Maybe play some in place of Derek Henry. Maybe some third down. What do we think all of the above? I think that he has the ability to fill in and all of those spots and especially with a guy like Chester Rogers not being able to play today. It gives some options and I think that one of the reasons that Darrington Evans is so valuable to this team is because he's able to fill in in a lot of different spots. But that's Julio Jones with AJ Brown. The Titans need both of them to be big today. Julio Jones has only played two games in his career against Kansas City. In those two games he has over 100 yards receiving in each. The Titans probably going to need points today. Bottom line. Yeah. I mean when you play the Kansas City Chiefs you always need some points. Today it's going to be a little more important. You got to get some points and if Julio can score a couple times I'm into it. And how about some of the king. If Derek Henry rushes for 217 yards today he will be at 1000 on the season through seven games. Jim Brown did that. O.J. Simpson did that twice. Terrell Davis did that in 1998. It would be only the fifth time it had ever been done. And if he rushes for three touchdowns again he would join LaDanian Tomlinson as the only player in the modern history of the NFL with three rushing touchdowns in three straight games. Derek Henry just keeps gathering accolades. Just everything. If there is a record to be broken Derek Henry is going to make a run at it. Absolutely. No pun intended. Well the Titans offense going to need it today again. Injuries on the defense. Chris Jackson and Imani Hooker out. The Titans had certainly hoped to have both of those players with Caleb Farley going on IR. So the secondary going to be a patchwork unit today. We expect Dane Cruickshank will start at safety. We don't know who's going to start at the other corner right now. We'll know when they come out for I guess the first series against Patrick Mahomes. The other story of today here at Nissan Stadium on what is a beautiful day. The wind going to be coming at us throughout the course of this ballgame out of the south. We're told Gus could get up to 20 miles an hour. Never know down here on the river when the wind blows it can be a thing. Yeah you can feel it down there on the field and I'm sure that Brett Kern king of all things weather anyway is very aware of what that wind is going to be doing today. But you can also see it in the past game. Sometimes it has an impact. So you will have to see. All right. You are updated and ready to go and Amy Wells has to be on the radio on Titans countdown in 10 minutes. So we got to get off here. Join us on one oh four five this on in Nashville or wherever you listen to Titans radio Titans countdown 10 minutes from now on Titans radio for Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith. Thanks for joining us for this live look in from beautiful Nissan Stadium on October 24th Titans and the Chiefs kicking off in 70 minutes.