 Welcome to the Bet MGM Studio and the Mike Vrabel show. I'm Mike Keith with the head coach as it is the bye week. And yet the work continues for the Tennessee Titans getting back off the plane around midnight Sunday night to end of Monday morning yesterday off but back at it today and really a full work week for your football team. Yeah, I think it's important that we get something done and everybody will have a plan. Guys, I think we're ready to be here and be present and focus on things that need to be talked about. Watch the game, watch the stuff that we did well, the stuff that maybe we made mistakes on and then some of the things that we have to continue to eliminate and those things that show up and have to put a stop to and get fixed. Are you working more this week than in by weeks past? Don't remember. I can't remember what happened last week, Mike. You have a much better memory than I do. I'm focused on the things that I think we need now. So we'll get guys out there. We practiced today. Some guys didn't do very much. Some guys did more than others. It was good to have the quarterbacks throw and get some receivers and get some DBs and tight ends and guys covering. And running routes. How quickly will you have to know the status in your mind at least of Ryan Tannehill as you prepare for Atlanta on October 29th? Well, he won't do anything this week and so we'll proceed that working with Malik and Will and see where that comes out. But as far as Ryan's availability, we'll probably know more as we work towards next week. All right, let's take a look at Mike Vrabel's six-pack presented by Seat Geek. Really nice defensive play here on third and goal with the one. Lamar Jackson's going to keep and not school. And I just, I felt like our guys, you know, there's a lot of wild cap plays. There's a lot of really cool efforts in there. And, you know, this is, you can take a look at Patrick Ricard and the guy he blocks normally doesn't make the tackle. And that was the message that I had to the team and I think that, you know, certainly on that play, Harold recognized that, that he was going to be at the point of attack, did a great job constricting the whole balance outside. And those are the types of plays that, you know, we're used to seeing from Harold. More of that is what you saw in London? Yeah, yeah. I think that, you know, the effort, the physicality, again, wasn't perfect, but it looked that he was flying around and trying to contribute and impact the game defensively. Next up, a real effort from Danico Autri, his 11th career blocked kick, his seventh career blocked extra point. Well, this is a play that I showed the team and said, this is why we're going to win. These are the things that we're going to win. They had just scored. They got a penalty going for two. They backed it up, kicked the extra point. But our guys aren't taking the play for granted. Jeffrey knocks the guard back two or three yards, creates some space in there for Danico. And Danico certainly has a knack of going in there and getting skinny and getting through there and getting his hand up. All right. How about a Derek Henry king cat run for 63 yards? It's the king cat. And, you know, just a little misdirection there with Tajie, well blocked play. When you have guys that contribute and you try to build off different plays and situations that we've been in, you know, we were able to get Tajie there and there was a little bit of a smoke screen and, you know, kind of tricked their eyes a little bit. They went back with him and, you know, Derek was able to get into the open field and really a lot of great efforts to get him there. Hit nearly 21 miles an hour. Did I read that? I think close to it. Wow. It's awfully good. All right. How about an interception from Sean Murphy bunting? Well, again, good pressure in the middle of pocket. And these are the plays that we have to make. The ones that you're supposed to make, you know, Lamar gets a little sales in a little bit and SMB is able to stay in bounds, to see it, to high point it. And I just almost got that high knee out of there to get to the end zone. But again, just make the plays that we're supposed to make and we'll be just fine. Jeffrey Simmons helping make that throw a little bit too. Yep, raised it and obviously elevated the throw and the ball sailed. All right. Lamar Jackson going to get sacked for only one time in this game. But again, it's Harold Landry with something that he does very well, the hustling sack not quitting on the quarterback at any point. No, and this is kind of the point in the game where I felt like, you know, we were coming alive. And Jeffrey's chasing, Harold's chasing. I think they all did a nice job of getting him out of the pocket. You can see there, Jeffrey into the middle of the pocket. And again, third and longer. So now he's a little less inclined to scramble for the first down. And it's okay to get him outside the pocket. And now we're able to go chase him down and end up getting a sack. You want to make Lamar Jackson as predictable as possible, right? Right. And just those long yardage situations help you. The short yardage, you know, he was able to pull it sometimes. And that's a difficult task on short yardage. You know, give them credit that they were able to put the ball in his hands. You know, we came back and we're able to do a nice job in the red zone as many times as he carried it down there. All right. Let's wrap up Mike Vrable's six pack with a quick, quick screen to Tajé Spears. Okay. A lot of great individual efforts here, starting by Tajé. But you see, Chig getting his started, Brune, NPF. And if you go back, I don't know if we're going to be able to, but Brue out there leading the charge, getting a knock down. And these, Tajé making another playing space. And, you know, again, finish longer than the guy with the ball. You're going to see Peter. You're going to see Nick. And here comes Brue right there on Roquan and Tajé just, you know, doing a great job in the open field. But when you get plays like that, that are 48 yarders, it takes a lot of extra effort from everybody else. Good stuff too from NWI and Kyle Phillips on that. Yep. All the way down, all the way down the field. If you're getting that kind of hustle, things are going to start to work out. Well, the ball... I mean, that's how this game goes overall. The ball is around. I don't know which way it's going to bounce. I can't tell you that, but I can tell you if you just keep doing the things that you saw on that film, that's another play that I showed them of why we're going to end up winning. Coming up on the Mike Vrable Show presented by Seat Geek, it's time for film study on the Vrable Straight. That's next. Stay with us. Welcome back to the Bet MGM Studio and the Mike Vrable Show presented by Seat Geek. We're now at the Vrable Straighter. There it is, Coach. It has its own logo. Nice. Okay. Let's take a look at the touchdown. Derek Henry, super run. Great job by him, but a lot of great jobs on this play. Absolutely. So again, we talked about this formation a couple of weeks ago and base formation, right? Quarterback under center. You've got 12 personnel, two tight ends, two backs, or two receivers and a tailback. And again, we can do a lot of different things out of here, play action, different run games. Okay. Work the screen to Derek off this. But this is what we would call one of our bread and butter runs. Okay. With Derek. And I think that you're going to see some cool things here from the end zone that I want to show you. Okay. This is basically allowing us to get into a power scheme, not allow penetration. Okay. To where you're able to get some combinations, right? Working up to that player there. You get some combinations working up there. You got to find a way with the receiver to take care of the support. But this is going to create lanes. And I want you to see the lanes and not the penetration. So Derek can hit it front side or even in this case hit it backside. And you're going to see, you know, guys get knocked down, Peter's down. But now we're here and there's Derek going through. And then now he can make a break inside or outside. What you're saying is he has a choice here. He does. And he only has a choice because we're able to stay square. And if you take a look at it by square, I mean, we have some choices right there. So again, what started out at the beginning of the play with some combination blocks just to make sure that we didn't have penetration. Okay. So here's your combinations. No penetration. No penetration. We're going to have to eventually get off on the linebacker and then the linebacker so they don't run through. But to me and to the running back, now we let it roll. And we see that guys are covered up at the point of attack. And we're able to now have some options to go and find a way to make a cut. Derek can go front side. He can bounce. He's bounced on the corner so many different times where he's stiff-armed guys. And in this case, very rarely does he go out the backdoor. But you're going to see now Peter get back up. Okay. The three techniques responsible for the big gap. Peter gets back up. He peeks. He plays a little peekaboo right there. And then now Derek is able to circle him up. And you're going to watch the Andre Hopkins. Okay. Taking his man and running him off. And then there's your stiff arm. Right. Making sure now that that thing right there is out in front of him. But the Andre is running his guy off and finishing and then protecting and taking care of himself. Okay. Very rarely you're going to be able to run the football in from the 15-yard line. But that was a great example of us covering guys up, staying square, not dictating where the running back is going to run by putting our butt in a hole or anything like that. But we stayed square. And then now we let the runner run to daylight. Thanks for showing us that. Absolutely. Awesome. We need a break. And then we're back with more of the Mike Vrable Show presented by Seat Geek. Stay with us. Welcome back to Mike Vrable Show presented by Seat Geek. Tonight's epic Western spotlight, spotlight's Titans fans in London. There are people from Nashville, all over Tennessee, Western Kentucky, northern Alabama, all over North America actually. But there were also people from all over Europe who showed up at the Admiralty, a pub on Trafalgar, to see everybody there the night before the game and hold what amounted to a Titans pep rally. As you watch this epic Western spotlight, you will certainly need the subtitles. It was so loud in there. Well, trust me, the audio couldn't get everything together. It will be well worth it. Enjoy this epic Western spotlight from Saturday night in London. What about it? It was mind blowing. Look like Broadway. Look like inside of one of those honky-tonks. I'm telling you. To meet all those people from all those places and they love you, they love the players, they know all kinds of stuff about us and you're just like, how can that be? But it really is something special. To go over there and play in that game. I know the three hours on Sunday wasn't what we wanted, but golly, that's just to think the NFL is that big is staggering. We understand what the magnitude is and the reach that we have and it is amazing. And as much as I didn't want to sit there and stop at the airport and take pictures and sign whatever, I did. And probably maybe a few years ago, I wouldn't have. But I understand what this is and what our job is and it's ultimately to win, but it's also to grow this game, this great game that I've been a part of since I was 12 years old and playing tackle football. We do have great fans and I appreciate the support here, but also as we continue to grow the game and play in the NFL, we do have a lot of support here, but also as we continue to grow the game internationally. Good stuff. Boy, the Mike Vrabel Show presented by Seat Geek from the Bet MGM Studio continues after this. Welcome back. The Mike Vrabel Show presented by Seat Geek. Now time for Mike Vrabel's favorite part of the show. A member of the Rack Pack. Well, it's when you stop talking and then the Rack Pack takes over. Okay, just hang on. I have to read this. This is official. The member of the Rack Pack, the official Kids Club of the Titans, has a question for Mike Vrabel. We say, kids, ask Coach Vrabel. Here is Brantley. Come on, Brantley. Hi, my name is Brantley. I'm 11 years old and I wanted to know who is your favorite player when you were growing up watching football? Let's go, Titans. Okay, Brantley. I love it. Are we still taking memberships to the Rack Pack? Are we got membership dues for that or no? I don't know. You know, I'm not aware of that. I'll get on that. So, Brantley, I was a Browns fan. I loved Bernie Kosar and I loved and I liked the Cowboys because they were good. And I was a Tony Dorsett and a Randy White fan. Randy White was a defensive lineman. The manster. That was his nickname. Part man, part monster, the manster. You know where he went to college? Maryland. Maryland. He played linebacker there. I loved Bernie Kosar. So I even threw sidearm like Bernie. But you didn't like Clay Matthews and people like that? I would have thought... I liked Clay Matthews, I did. You know, I liked Michael Dean Perry. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they had a burger named after Michael Dean Perry at McDonald's. Is that right? They had sauteed onions and cheese whiz on it. He was the freezer. Not these Ohio favorites. Wasn't Michael Dean Perry... The refrigerator was William Perry and Michael Dean Perry was the freezer, I think. Maybe. Maybe. I don't know. It was, but I just remember Michael Dean Perry. Yes. Michael Dean Perry. Very good player. We need to get a break, I'm told. Mike Vrabel's keys to success for this bye week. Some very specific things I think you'll be very interested. The Mike Vrabel Show continues. The Mike Vrabel Show presented by Seat Geek. Time now for the Nissan Keys to Success. Very specific plan for the bye week. Starting with key number one, which is work on those fundamentals in all three phases. Well, just identifying the things that have continued to show up or not show up over the course of the first six games. Like, why? Why are we not replacing our hands? Why are we not setting inside out? What has been the reoccurring themes, right? Settle down, figure out what that is, or what have we done well and show them that? But right now there's no scheme, there's no opponent. It's slow things down. Focus in on these fundamentals that maybe we went by too quickly on with the new installation or some scheme concept last week or the week before. Fundamentals. Let's talk about the young players. You have a little more time this week, so work with the young guys. Yeah, normally the ones that have been working on the show team and looking at a card, getting them to go play offense, getting them to play defense. Whether it's the younger players or some newer players to our football team, Nick Petit Ferrer, Travis Gibson, a player that's been with us for six weeks, but there's missed a lot of things, and now we can get back and we can continue to work with him and Nick got some action last week and hopefully we'll get some more. But getting those younger players to get back out there and letting them go play. All right, final key is a better understanding of overall concept. I think you can do in your job and knowing what you're supposed to do is far, but to truly get to where we need to be and take advantage of bad football and not beating ourselves, we have to know the overall concept of the play and how your job fits into the entire scheme of the play and how you can make up for somebody else's mistake by knowing the overall concept. So two more days of practice and then the players get four days off, is that right? Yes, yep. And you're headed to Foxborough. I am headed to Foxborough. For a very special week at Mike Vrable this weekend being inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame. From everybody here, we congratulate you. What an honor to be part of an NFL organization who did what yours did in that time and to be recognized as one of the best of the best. When you started playing this game, when you were 12, that's what you shoot for. And we're all very happy that you're being recognized this way. Thank you so much. I appreciate it, Mike. Thank you. Everybody going? Everybody that wants to, yep. We're heading out on Saturday. Taking the family truckster? Yeah, the roadster. But yeah, we'll be able to be up there with some family and friends and a lot of familiar faces and excited to see everybody on Saturday night and see the fans and enjoy that. Good stuff. Mike Vrable with us every week on the Mike Vrable show. Presented by SeatGeek. We'll see you next Tuesday. Thanks for joining us, everybody.