 It's a tight versus a bill, two more, no showing up again. Allen gets away looking in trouble firing in its intercept. Not it, because that's Eddie George, y'all. Order tonight, huh? I love it. It's old. Love it. Hyped up. It should be. Yeah. It's another week. Another week. All right, let's do this. Nothing's behind us. Good to see you. Yeah, we'll talk about it. We'll talk about it. Do you have a good week other than the game? Man, I had an incredible week. I was in LA, San Diego over the weekend, watched the games out there. Got back late, Monday morning, and just trying to figure out where I am on the planet. So I've been in San Diego, Baltimore, DC, Columbus, Nashville. World travel. We're traveling the world, man. Big star of this guy. Well, thank you for being here with us. It's good to see you again. All right, let's do what we do. Let's kick off this show and let's get going. So let's do four downs with Eddie and let's talk about this bill's game. Ouch. All right, well, look, look, look. Yes, lost. I get it. Good things to, good things to point out. Number one, the mayor of Murfreesboro, Kevin Byer, continues to impress. He's a stellar athlete. Round of applause for Kevin, y'all, because we have star athletes on this team, leaders on this team. You know, he had a big interception, obviously, led to the touchdown, ballhawk that he is. I mean, look at Landry applying the pressure there. Oliver Field, five tackles. I mean, leading by example, I'm so glad he's a titan. Oh, man, well, a couple years back, prime time, Deion Sandus is, well, who is? Just a fan byer. Just a fan, right? Now he's, he's my early case. He's making an early case for defensive player of the year. Wow. And he's doing it with his play. Granted, right now, the record doesn't represent that. He needs some more help in that area. But right now, he's playing out of his mind. He's showing that he's worth the money. And then some, he's emerged as a leader on this football team. And the defense has been playing, well, all season long. Yeah, absolutely. Giving them some big plays, they have a big, Bimba don't break type of philosophy, but they get the job done. Yeah, he had a huge pass breakup, too, that kept us back in the game, late in the game. I mean, the defense is definitely playing, playing lights out, as you see right there. All right, so thank you, Kevin, for that good play and the rest of the defense as well. Moving on to second down. Henry continues to run a great game. Henry is solid once again, 78 yards, had the touchdown, had another touchdown that got called back, unfortunately. Yeah, oh, that's painful to watch. But man, he's continuing to do it. He's picking up where he left off last year. Exactly, since week 14, he leads the NFL and rushers since week 14, number one overall. And the thing I'm impressed with him is that he knows, the defense is know he's going to get the football. And he's responding to that. His runs after contact have been amazing. I mean, he's getting four or five yards after contact. And when the guys of his size and his stats should look out, I mean, he's running hard in between the tackles and posing his will. Now, it just has to come together for this offense in terms of fast protection. We're going to get to that in a little bit. But he's a bright spot in the offense. And I think he's just continue to get the football to get them into a flow. You talked to him last year. We talked about this was all of the news. Your talk with him was very inspired. You talked to a lot of football players. And did you see it in his eyes that he was really understanding what you were saying about imposing his will? Because that's something you say a lot. Well, we've re-talked before, but this is over the phone. And he was quiet. And usually when you're quiet, you're absorbing what's being said. He didn't give any excuses of why he wasn't running well or what was going on. He said, listen, I need you to be frank and really be brutally honest with me. And I did just that. And he's just been playing extremely well. He's been running like his hair is on fire. And he's a phenomenal back. And when he gets to the second level, he causes damage. And he can outrun anybody on the football field. We've got to get him to the second level. We do. But it's fun to watch him late in the game, too, because he is so punishing with those runs. Third down, you mentioned it, the past protection, something. That's the elephant in the room. OK. OK, look, Marriota is going to go only as far as the offensive line allows him to. We saw what happens when he gets disrupted. Jacksonville, they got to him with nine times. In the losses, he's been out of rhythm because he's not being protected. They've got to find a way to be more consistent up front. Atlanta kept upright. All things working. Well, my point is that it's complementary football. Complimentary football. Sure, sure. So it all starts up front. But with this being Taylor's first game back, working in tandem with Roger. I think it has a lot to do with him. And Buffalo's got a good defense. I mean, they're real. Look what they did to the Patriots the week prior. My point exactly. Yeah, and Marcus, let's not act like the Buffalo builds of old. Now, these boys can play some ball on defense now. It's true. There's some grown men out there. I don't even want to see them myself. I'm a big boy. But they can't get after it. So you've got to give them what credit is due. But we had opportunities to put the nail in the coffin and that was the difference between a good mediocre team and a great one that's pursuing a championship. That's true. We're not quite there yet. That's true. We had lots of opportunities. It was a good game in so many spaces, but not the right spaces and too many missed opportunities. We'll have one more down this way. Moving on to fourth down. Thank you. Well, part of the new look of the team, Mr. Cody Parky has joined the team. We've got a new kicker. Yes. And for those of you like, OK, so what's the story on Cody Parky? Let me tell you something about Cody Parky here. Cody Parky, he is number 20th on the list in his percentages. Do you realize this? 20th on the list. Do you know who's 50th on that list? Sebastian Janikowski. Adam Vinitieri is 16th on the list of percentages. Yeah. So I mean, the man, he can kick field goals. He kicks a career average of 83.9%. So and you know, sometimes a fresh start is always great. A new environment, new team and the fact that he's hungry. The kicker is a lot like golf. It's based off of your confidence. If you can get your confidence up and you got the support behind you and you've reeled off the numbers, he can be a very valuable asset. Now, when you miss a couple like my man lost last week and your confidence goes down. Sure. You don't have the confidence to kick it through the uprights. So hopefully he'll come in. And I think Mike Ray will be very patient and give him every opportunity to be the guy and really resurrect his career. Well, here's the deal. We're two and three. OK. We're two and three. I see a resilient team. I see lots of talent. Yeah. I'm excited for this game coming up. Yeah, I think we all are. Yeah, we've got to get to it. We will talk about that game in a little bit. But guys, you know what? 15 minutes can save you 15% more on your car insurance. With that, we go to break with our Geico Fast 15. Stick around. Titan's going to be right back. It's trouble firing and it's in. Coming with pressure. It's trouble. Alan, die! You have Henry on the left. Well, that is George. Back with you. It is halftime here on the show. And I'll take a break from the X's and O's. Eddie, we're going to go deep on this. OK, I love the segment. All right, so I got a question for you. We're going to do a little rock and heart place. Would you rather spend the rest of your life surrounded by people, but they are the most annoying people you've ever met? Bill Spant. Or would you rather spend the rest of your life with no annoying people, but no people at all? Alone? Alone, alone. I can't stand people that will know. Like, I'm a loner by heart and by nature anyway. I am the same way. Yes, that's an easy one. Yeah, all right, all right. Well, we ask the same of our Titan's players. And you might be surprised what they pick. Here is Rock in a Hard Place presented by Snickers. I'd rather be surrounded by annoying people. I know a lot of annoying people, but I can just tell them, like, chill out. I can't be alone for the rest of my life. Annoying people. Yeah, I can't be alone. Can I just be with my wife for the rest of my life? That'd be nice. That's the goal. That was just some steep, steep. I mean, I am a loner, and I do not like annoying people. I mean, if you had to be alone for the rest of your life, I feel like, I don't know, you probably drive yourself crazy, so I would say I'm surrounded by annoying people. I'd rather be alone. Annoying people is annoying, so. I'll be surrounded by people. I'm a people person, so I can teach annoying people some things and get them on game a little bit. Can I just be honest here? I guess I could be surrounded by annoying people, because I have four kids, and I love them to death, but they get a little bit annoying from time to time. I think my wife will agree to that, too. I'm used to it. I had my birthday recently. I went to the movies by myself, and I was so excited. I mean, I love my family, but all of it. Logan said something was interesting. He can teach them to not be annoying. Oh, okay, I didn't know it was part of it. I thought they were just annoying forever. That's how we set it up. Logan, you're not allowed to teach people. Yeah, you can't teach them. 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We've got more Titans Blitz on the other side. Go ahead and download that app. We'll do some time. Everybody farm bureau health plans. Back with Eddie George. Let's talk about this game. It's a two minute warning. We got a big game coming up as we talked about before the commercial break up. Going up in Denver. Gotta get the ship right. Gotta get back to three and three. Shit, ship? Ship. Well, either way it's right. Ship right. Either way is your own point, right? That's true. That's not the thing. Who's that time of his whole day? He's not wrong. You've got to get it right. This is right if you're alley. First key, establish that run game. Yes. Yeah, gotta get that going. Must control the clock in this game. Listen, they did a nice job last week. Denver Broncos defense did a nice job last week of containing Melvin Gordon, held him to what, 31 yards on 12 carries. Shut him down. Shut him down. Really, you look at the Broncos record, but one and four, they're better than one and four. They are. Very good team. Flacco can play extremely well, but they've got to be able to establish the run with Derek Henry, making a point of emphasis. Even if they say, listen, you know, we'll get the big fella, you know, the ball, 16 straight times. Yeah. We're making a point to get him going and build off of that. So I think they should make a statement by saying, hey, we're going Roger, Roger back this game, Derek and his feet off of you and run play action off of you. And you said something too. When teams know that's what you're going to do and you do it. Oh. It, you know. It kills your confidence. The defense. Yeah. I mean, you take the heart from the defense. It's like, man, we cannot stop this, no matter what we do. Yeah. We can block them. We can get off blocks and tackle them. We can't catch them. And they'll just quit. You will ask what you want. You want to impose your will and make them quit. Well, on the other side of that, we got to stop their run game. Which is very good. Phillip Lindsay is a dynamic back. Yeah. He's quick, he's strong for a small size. Look, he's a little Tasmanian devil. He's a guy in water bug that squirts around, makes big plays, and he's a tough guy. You know, you look out at the statue with Roy Steemann. Out of Oregon, runs hard. So it was a dynamic duel between those guys. And 191 rushing yards. Yeah, between the two of them. But our defense is good enough, I believe, to stifle them and put the game in Flacco's hands. And that's the best chance you have at slowing down this Denver Bronco office because they're making plays all over the field. But they're one and four for a reason to have it yet to really find a way to finish games. They did it last week. But we got to nullify all of that this week by really getting at the Flacco, making it uncomfortable. The third key, and this is all about, these are defensive games. We play these tight games, but we have to keep Vaughn Miller in check. Linebacker Bradley Chubb out with a torn ACL out for the season. Unfortunately, yeah. So Miller is their key threat there on defense. And he lines up all over the field. Yeah, Vaughn has always been a problem. Since he's been in the league as a rookie, nasty off the edge, plays the run really well. And we're going to have to find ways to neutralize him. He can be a force. And given our problems on the offensive line, it's going to be a point of emphasis to protect this guy, run at him, wear him out, and find ways not to be in third and long situations and be effective with moving the change. When you were playing, you always know who's on the other side of the ball. But a guy like that, even if you're not chipping or not taking the ball, you just always have to know. Listen, it behooves you to know exactly where 58 is lining up at all times. Because he's a problem. Whether he's over the tight end, inside, outside as a linebacker, you never know, he's a disruptive force. That you gotta, like guys that you know, Junior Sayal, know where he's at. Know where Ray Lewis is. Know where Lawrence Taylor is at all times. He fits that same move. And finally, and real quick, just the final point. We gotta get up off the mat and keep fighting. Well, success. What do you say to the guys? Listen, the only way you get to success is through failure. And we learned from last week, we build off for some of the great things last week and just continue to move forward. The season is still young, so there are a lot of games to be played, but we have a great foundation, a great nucleus to build off of. We get it done with a win in Denver. So, yes, we'll be there. Why do you think we are playing better on the road? Is it harder at home sometimes? You know what, it can be. You would think pressure is your advantage, but is there pressure? But the pressure of winning in front of your own fans can be that way. But when you're on the road, it's us that, us against the world mentality, you know, it's a worker men's type of environment where it's a road game, like this is all business as usual. Let's go out here, take care of business and get back home. I think we'll get it done. I like our chances. We're gonna get it done? We're gonna get it done? Guys, stick around. We've got more Titans Blitz on the other side. We'll be right back. We're here on the show, Eddie, a little overtime for you. Eddie Chan. They love you, man. Wendy's hot take of the week. Listen, the Titans partnered with the Jimmy and Rosalind Carter work project and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville this week is very cool. The rookies went out to build affordable homes and for low-income families, you can see there they weren't swinging any hammers right now because they got to, you know, so they had those hands, exactly, right? But they were there showing their support, helping serve the meals and helping out. It's so huge to be a part of the community like that. And in rookies, especially, coming into the professional football players now the keys of the kingdom given to them, it's good to see that stuff. Yes, and that's what rookies are for. You can't trust them on the field. So you send them out of the community and have them do the grunt work. But it's always good to have the Titans organization to be a part of the community and the efforts that are going on and to be involved and entrenched in what's going on. Yeah, well, and especially, I mean, this is a great project. I think it's 20 homes in a week they're putting together. Do you remember back, you know, when you were coming into the league opportunities like this, what it meant for you? How did it shape you as a football player, as a man? I mean, these are young men. Well, again, football in short is just a platform. It's a way for you to give back and to help others. I mean, we are role models. We are influencers. We are people that can, athletes are people that can affect change. And when we can go out on our spare time to give to the community, show that we're interested in helping them build homes or raise awareness for cancer or whatever it is, you want to do that. You know, it really allows you to be in a giving spirit and operate out of an excellent spirit, which you'll be blessed in return. So it's why not. Available for motivational speaking. Oh, it's true, man. Couldn't have said it better myself. Thank you. All right, well, guys, listen. Game coming up, right? I don't know where you're watching it at home. Well, maybe you want to check this out. We've got a game day hangout series happening, Brewhouse South in Franklin. Titans at Broncos October 13th, 325 is the kickoff. You might want to get there a little bit earlier, but come hang out with some fellow Titans fans. I know you like the comfort of your home, but this is a good hang. So Brewhouse South. Beer, half price, right? What? Now you might see Eddie there. He's enjoyed it so much. I'm on a beer, drinking, but at price, anything? I'm near. I'm hanging out with Eddie tonight. Guys, thank you so much for being here. We're going to bring home this win, right? Yes! All right, so check that out. Remember, Titans, pick them. Part of the Titans app presented by Fandil. You got to take advantage of that. Win some prizes all year long, whether you're playing at home or you're playing here in the stadium. Thank you guys for watching Titans Blitz. We will see you next week with that W. Thank you, Eddie, for being here.