 Jacksonville has beaten Tennessee today in Nashville. Have you guys taken a hit with your confidence at this point? No, we know who we are. Yeah, it's definitely not what we want to do. It's definitely not our standard and, you know, where we hold ourselves to as a defense. Final score, Jacksonville 36, Tennessee 22. Tighten up! Welcome to the Bet MGM Studio and the Mike Vrabel Show, presented by Shift Four. With the head coach, I'm Mike Keith. As the Titans got back to work, something jumped out to me. You heard it in the open, guys resolute that disappointed by the three-game losing streak, but certainly not broken and not having their confidence broken. No. I mean, we're professional athletes and professional coaches and we have a job to do. It's going to start by, you know, trying to eliminate bad football. That's been the message. That was the message Monday. Hopefully getting to the point where we're good enough to take advantage of another team's bad football. We didn't quite do that enough times on Sunday and so we have to, there's a lot of things we have to clean up and, you know, I don't think that anything is broken. I think we have to just start playing a little cleaner. When you win games and I start to talk about positives, you admonished me and you said, now, wait a minute, we weren't perfect. We had some bad plays. When you don't win, you always say, hey, everything wasn't bad. We are going to focus on some of the positives. Why are you that way about both scenarios? Well, I just try to, I think that the consistency in that message and trying to make sure that we coach the action and not necessarily the result. I'm very firm in that belief, as that's saying, you know, there's the good, the bad and the stuff that gets you beat and we have to eliminate the stuff that gets you beat. We have to fix the bad and we have to continue and enhance the good things that we did and I would say that that goes with every game that we play, whether we win or we lose. All right, let's take a look at some of the good things that the Titans did on Sunday. The Mike Vrabel six pack starts with a touchdown, powerful run by Derek Henry, who had held. Yeah, it was a great end to the drive. You know, we plunge it in there from the three yard line. You can see the surge. Guys are scoring with their men. We got offensive linemen in the end zone, which means that if they're in the end zone, that Derek is not too far behind. So I thought that was a great cap to the drive there and is able to finish it off with a touchdown. Your offensive line got some knockback in the run game for a good bit of the contest. Yeah, I mean, we were able to run the ball not only efficiently, there were some five, four and five and six yard runs in there, but also we had some explosive runs as well. Ah, leading to this. Play number two, an explosive run. Derek Henry with a 50 yarder. Yeah, well, you can see him, you know, not touched and, you know, Nate's able to go around there and square the backer up. Receivers at the second level. You can see guys coming in, getting blocks. I think you can see it here, but he's not touched and there's Bobby Woods leading the way. Nick Westbrook coming in there from when Derek cuts back. You know, we always tell him, we can't dictate where the ball is going to run. You just have to be ready to get guys covered up and see what happens. Some of those runs are ones that definitely can go 80 yards. It can be a touchdown. And then some are openings where Derek has to make as much out of it as he possibly can. Really felt like he did that on that run. Yeah, I mean, that one was blocked pretty well. He cut back and, you know, if we can get him to the second level, whatever decision he makes after that is on him. You know, he's the guy that has the football in his hand, so, you know, it was just good to get him able to get into the second level untouched and let him decide where he's going to go from there. Titan's second touchdown outstanding effort by the quarterback, Ryan Tannehill, and also by Chigah Conquo, the recipient. Well, you know what I mean? There's protection. We're able to progress. They slough off and carry Don Trell into the end zone. You know, we were trying to get Don Trell there, but, you know, had also figured that, you know, he had had some action in the red zone that they may, you know, carry him. And so Ryan was checking Don Trell and then, you know, having him be replaced there underneath by Chig, Ryan got it to him and stride, and he was able to get into the end zone. Chig making things happen, but there is more from him that you want, right? Yeah, there's a lot more. You know what I mean? There's a lot more. Again, you know, he has to do his part in the run game or, you know, whether we throw it out there on the perimeter and just some details, but, you know, starting to show up, there's more than just a stat sheet. All right, let's look at a defensive play. Bud Dupri helping the defense with three tackles for loss. Here's one. Well, Bud, you know, here is being aggressive and being able to get into the backfield. They're trying to pull, and, you know, he's able to set the edge and finish there on the running back, being explosive and trying to play hard. Bud Dupri beating the blocker, and that's Travis Etn, who had been running really well for this Jacksonville Jaguar team, but in the game on Sunday, 17 carries for 32 yards. Yeah, it wasn't much there in the run game. Unfortunately, we have to make sure that, you know, we're doing a better job when they throw it. All right, let's look at a great individual effort by Nick Westbrook, Akeena, late in the game to score a touchdown. Yep, Ryan takes a shot here, but, you know, Ryan kind of knew if he's not going to change the protection. You know, that one's going to be on him, and he's going to give a really nice ball to Nick. Nick's able to come down with it to contested catch. And again, I liked how we battled back. I like how we finished that drive, and, you know, we had to. We didn't have any other choice, but just a great effort here by Nick to be able to finish in the corner of the end zone with contested catch there as he's going to the ground, and that ball survived the ground. As you say, sometimes you just have to win. Yeah, you have to. All right, this is pretty good play by Chig Akoquo. We wanted to show the one-hand catch here on the two-point conversion. Take a look at this. Yeah, slipped Chig back there in the backfield, and, you know, tried to use his speed to outflank the defense, and he did, and Ryan went right to him, and, you know, kind of got on him a little quick, but, you know, he pinned it up there against his helmet and was able to get a two-pointer. Well done by Akoquo as he continues to move up the receiving charts and the scoring charts, scoring eight points in Sunday's game. That's the Mike Vrabel six-pack. When we come back to the Bed MGM studio, we'll talk about Derek Henry. He continues to do things on the field with 1,199 yards rushing. What he's doing off the field, just as impressive. That's next on the Mike Vrabel show, presented by Shift4. The Walter Payton Man of the Year award is the NFL's most prestigious. Each team has their own Walter Payton winner, and he moves on to compete for the Overall League Award, which will be announced the Thursday before the Super Bowl. For the second year in a row, Titans running back Derek Henry is the Tennessee Titans Man of the Year, and with good reason. So this week, he is our epic western genuine Titan, as we show you about a simple ask and a big gift that Derek Henry made happen. Overtime on the way in Baltimore, the whole country with us on the most important Sunday afternoon game in the AFC. The Titans were playing Baltimore at Baltimore, and I was supposed to be there, but I didn't, because my dad ended up going into hospice. Justin Tucker just sent the game to Overtime with a short 29-yard field goal with 15 seconds left in regulation. It wasn't on the TV in hospice, but it came on the TV after the game and did. You can play action here and get someone wide open, but you have Derek Henry, right? And Derek ran that ball in Overtime and won the game. Henry Overtime! And I told my dad, I was like, Derek did that for you, and he moved his hands. That was the moment that changed everything, where my dad was Derek taking those two seconds out of his day. My dad was diagnosed with cancer in 2015, and it was already stage four, and he was already in his bones. It's a rare form of cancer, too. There's nothing they could really do. Just one night, I tweeted out to Derek, and I just said, hey, what are the chances? I could just have you say hi to my dad, and it just took off on Twitter. He's touching me. They're devoted fans, and they're from the Jacksonville area. I tried to keep it a surprise for my dad, but I'm not very good at keeping surprises. I blurted out that Derek wants to meet you, and he was like, you're lying. Didn't believe me. Something that, you know, I had to meet the guy. Cancer sucks. You know, I hate cancer. All that leading up to the moment, he liked to take videos of himself talking. I don't know why. Appreciate it, Dusty. Also, there's supposed to be something else I'm supposed to do down here while I'm down here. I don't know yet, but... I just remember his eyes lighting up a lot. Like, I didn't think I'd seen that spark in his eyes in a while, so... I told him I'm praying for him. It was great to meet him. God bless him. I don't even know if he had the words. He just thought it was the coolest thing that he just met the best running back in the league. For Derek just to take two minutes out of his day, I think that's Derek with his daughter. I think that's Derek in general. He has a hard of goal forever in debt to Derek Henry for making my dad have one good day and a memory to last a lifetime and then a memory that he'll take with him. I was happy that, you know, I was able to do that for him, you know, for her dad, because I know she really wanted me, so... But I just, I hope he knows, like, how much that moment meant to my dad, my mom, my other sisters. Derek is a moment of joy for all of us. But Derek took that one moment for me and it meant everything. Hit you in the heart. Always does, man. I tell you what, that's our gentle giant. He is a warrior on the football field, but I have never seen him say no to anybody that was in need, whether that's in this building or in our community. And it is a joy to be around and get to coach Derek. Throughout the rest of the regular season, the Titans creative team is releasing new video every Tuesday and Thursday that showcase why Derek Henry deserves to be the NFL Man of the Year. Those can be seen at TennesseeTitans.com as well as on our social media platforms. Of course, the NFL announces the Walter Payton Man of the Year on Thursday before the Super Bowl. Coming back, know your foe. We'll take a look at the Los Angeles Chargers where the Mike Vrable show continues presented by Shift4. We welcome you back to the Bed MGM Studio, the Mike Vrable show presented by Shift4. It's time to know your foe. Bring them on, Mike. Let's go. Let's go right now. Right now, the Chargers right here. Pass, pass, pass. They're going to throw a lot. They're seven and six. The game's at 325 central time at SoFi Stadium. Does it help that you were there last year? I think we can understand that. We don't have to go and do a tour and see where everything's at and see the big old screen up top. The surroundings are going to be familiar. But the foe is going to be different. Yes, the foe is very different because they throw a lot. Justin Herbert, the quarterback, he's pretty good. He's thrown for more yards than any player in NFL history in his first three seasons. That does not surprise me. What, 12,000 some? Yeah, it's a lot. It's a lot. And they threw 51 times on Sunday night in beating Miami. And I guess that's about what you would expect. And he keeps it out of harm's way. He's got great arm talent. He can throw from in the pocket through for 150 yards outside the pocket. This will be the most versatile back and most utilized back that we've seen. Got receivers with good size. They've got some with some quickness in the lead. They use their tight ends. Great pocket presence right there. Slipping up. Avoiding the rush. Keeping his eyes downfield. Keenan Allen's back. Mike Williams is a big target. A lot of screens. You know, just they hit the backs. And, you know, he seems to be in command. Here he is again outside the pocket throwing the ball back. You know, pinpoint accuracy to Mike Williams on a boot throwback. And he can run too, Herbert. Yeah, if he has to. I mean, he went one last year. I think he beat somebody over, you know, he went for over 100 yards. I kept playing, you know, too high a safety's man turned their backs and he kept scrambling. And pretty much won that game for. All right, let's take a look at some defense. Start with Drew Tranquil, Derwin James. They certainly have some guys who can come up and hit and make things happen. And they also have Khalil Mack for whom they made a trade with Chicago to get him. He's got seven sacks on the year and he's held them together. Yeah. And I know that with the injury to Bosa, Khalil Mack has been able to step in. You know, Drew Tranquil is all over the place. Murray and obviously Van Noy up front inside. They've had some injuries. Corners are playing well. Sante Samuel Jr. Davis. You know, those guys are playing well. Derwin James, you mentioned. And Adderley. So bottom line is they throw a lot. They have talent on defense and the Chargers are playing well right now. Yeah. And it's a huge challenge. We'll have to be prepared going on the road. And, you know, they're plus four and a turnover margin. And, you know, after last week, we're behind. Yeah. All right. When we come back, we'll meet a student who's making a real difference in the community. And later in the show, Mike Vrabel's keys to beating the Chargers. All that and more coming up on the Mike Vrabel show presented by Shift4. Welcome back to the Mike Vrabel show presented by Shift4. I want to introduce you to Mackenzie Tuxin, 19-year-old student with Rett syndrome. That's a genetic disorder which affects communication. Well, she's an advocate for equal and fair treatment for students in her school system. And because of that, Mackenzie is this week's Wesley Mortgage Community Hero. Here at Mackenzie, in 2009, you were diagnosed with Rett syndrome. A severe form of autism for females. To diagnose the state, you won't be able to walk, talk. You won't be able to have a personal hand movement. Or you won't be able to feed through a tube. Not only have you not let this define you, but you have used this as a gateway to advocate for others. Through that advocacy, you have helped change policies within the state legislation, as well as metro and natural public schools. While in hospital, you were able to help invent new and inclusive ways of being a class president, of Washington cheerleader, as well as becoming the first ever non-verbal ambassador for metro and natural public schools. That is so proud of you. You continue to amaze us. We are truly excited to go with you and watch you fulfill your life mission to educate others and give them other individuals a voice with disabilities. Lead on Mackenzie. We love you, mom and dad. Mackenzie is just such a light. Her vibe, her energy just radiates effortlessly off Mackenzie. She always grew to you with a smile and a hug. Anybody who's around and no matter what ability you have, no matter what barriers may be in your way, no matter what obstacles are in your way, she has helped show other teachers just how there's other ways to show that you're successful, that you're learning and that you're doing all these things and enjoying getting your full high school experience, but it doesn't always have to be the cookie cutter way. Mackenzie is a great representation of a white screen execution leader. She shows great spirit at every game. We want other students to see that just because you have a disability doesn't mean you can't do all the things. And she does all the things. My mission in life is to educate and give a voice to all individuals with disabilities. I do not want any individual to be afraid to be the first. I am thankful to be able to represent individuals with special needs. Tighten up. Time for the Nissan Keys to Success. Head Coach Mike Vrabel, I'm very interested in some wording in these keys. I have questions. So let's start looking. Let's hit some of these. Let's hit some of these keys. Run the ball with physicality and details. What does that mean? Well, they're going to give you different fronts. They're going to give you some different pressures. And if we can hit the details and still be physical and not be cautious and not wait and react, you know, if we got a pool play, just the first guy, you hit the first guy, you see the second guy, you make it right, wrap or tuck it up. And then we got to get our runner which obviously is Derek, you know, going. And we've hit multiple schemes coming off the last game. We hit some zone schemes. We hit some inside zone, outside zone. And also we're able to hit some gap schemes for some big yardage. Okay. Key number two, effect Justin Herbert and Austin Eckler. How do you affect those guys? Well, there's only two ways. It's either, you know, being able to do it in the coverage or being able to get there quicker in a rush. And, you know, we have to have guys that can do a little bit of both. If the coverage is helping the rush, the rush has got to get there. You know, we have to knock the ball out of the quarterback's hands. We have to hit him more than one time. And that's, that's, it's, if we don't, you know, he's too accurate. He's got too good of arm talent for us not to be able to affect them and hope that the outcome will be any different. Final key is about coverage. You've got to be good in kick and punt coverage. Are they good on the return game? Yeah, they're solid. And obviously, you know, this is where I think you can send some messages though. We're, you know, coming out of last week's game, you know, there was some, some good punt coverage, kickoff coverage. We got bailed out a little bit, but this is where you can send some messages, you know, to, to, with some speed and violence and really create some feel position. All right. Titans in the Chargers 325 this Sunday at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. For Mike Vrabel, I'm Mike Keith. Thanks for joining us and we'll see you next time.