 The Titans are 5-0. Right now the team is 5-0. The Titans remain perfect. They have an identity, right? They're going to punch you in the face. Derek Henry's a ma! Here's what the Titans are believing in right now. Us against the world. And that is a scary thing to go up against week after week. I'm a big part of this organization. We're 5-0, playing good team football, no matter what. No matter how the game's going, we don't quit, we stay together. I just throw here the throw me the ball. No matter what, just throw it up. I make a play. We know we 5-0. It's hard to win in this league. We appreciate being 5-0, but me don't get too high. We're going to focus on what we need to focus on. Enjoy this win and get ready for the stills on Monday. Look at all the people right here. Look how happy they are. We are welcome, one and all, to the Titans Blitz. Presented by Farm Bureau Health Clans, I'm Lance Smith. This is Eddie George back on the show. Good to see you, my man. Glad to be back, man. You got to come back to this 5-0. I know, I know. You guys went in the room without me. I'm not even invited to the party right now. Well, it is a party. Let's talk about it. We've got the Blitz lounge hanging out with this. Guys, good to see you all. You look happy. What's up? Yeah. I know. Yeah. That's a happy 5-0 Blitz lounge right there. All right, we'll talk to you more throughout the show as they react to what we're talking about. Let's kick off this show and do what we do. You saw the open. We know how happy we are. We know why we're happy. A lot of it's because of this man right here. Congratulations to Derek Henry, the AFC offensive player of the week. Yes. And Derek and Ryan were both the FedEx air and ground players of the week. It was an all-time week. And they deserved it. Great games by both guys. Ryan Tannehill played fantastic. And of course, King Henry just continues to have signature run after signature run. I mean, just the guys on fire. This is a really special year to watch him run. Very special. Let's do it. Let's break it down. Let's do four downs with Eddie. Brought to you by Corson. Fire and security. All right, Eddie. You're back. Good to have you back. Thank you, by the way, to Keith Bullock for filling in. Get that seat warm. My man, KB. That's right. It's good to see you. Keith. He makes do. First down. You were talking about it. Henry Reigns Supreme. Yes. What? You know, very rarely does a running back ever have a chance to have signature runs like this. I mean, a 96-yard run or 94-yard run had a 99-yarder last year. Just long run after long run pounding the football. He is lethal from anywhere on the field. He's just as dangerous from his own 10-yard line as he is on the opponent's 10-yard line and everything in between. And the guy is getting better and better. But what I love about Derek Henry, I knew he could do this. I knew he could run guys over. But he's taken over as the true quintessential leader of this football team. You heard him say it in the clips, no matter what. No matter what. Good team football. And that's what they're doing right now. They're going as he goes, both with his attitude and his effort and his play. First NFL player in history to have 300, 200-yard games in consecutive years, back to back to back. That's crazy. It's crazy. Titans, first time in NFL history, we had a 350-yard pass for a 200-yard rusher in a game. First time ever. And the thing about this, we needed every one of these yards from these guys. It wasn't just a blowout thing, but an over time. Second down. We're talking about it. I mean, it is Henry, but it's also this guy right here. Tannehill keeps delivering scary balance on this team. And Tannehill is in control. Listen, if Derek Henry is the leading MVP candidate right now in the NFL at the five games, Tannehill is a close second because he's playing absolutely great football. If you can go back to the AFC championship game where they lost in Kansas City, he is not the same player that he is right now. And he's not just doing it with play action. Everybody will say, oh, well, Derek Henry, he has that impact. But he went like 22 for 28 for 220 yards without the play action. Right. That's just line up and throw it. Line up and throw it. Making big plays to AJ Brown, nine different receivers spreading the wealth, very diversified his portfolio. So he is really doing his thing. He's making big plays in big moments. Tannehill is 30 for 41, 364 yards in this game. Again, needed every one of those yards. Moving on, and the reason we needed every one of those yards, moving on to third down. Look, defense, first half, you know, it's 21-10 and a half. Defense look good, containing Watson and the Texans. But how did battle late? Listen. This is a divisional game against the Sean Watson. They're going to score points. They're going to find a way to bounce back. Their backs were against the wall, one and four, interim coach Romeo Cronell. So you knew they were going to have a run and they made their run. But the Titans, again, they answered the call. They don't get deflated. They don't get rattled. They're unnerved and they just continue to fight through all the adversities and find a way to win. And when the Texans got their momentum back, so you almost expected that. Big hats off. I mean, big plays all over this game. They were huge sacks. They were monster runs. They were big throws. But one of the most crucial plays of the game was this right here, scrambling for a two-point conversion. I don't know if you noticed, that's big Jeff Simmons getting his paws up there and deflecting this thing to keep it from being a nine-point game and out of reach. Bam, right there. Man. Jeff Simmons. This guy is going to be a future all-pro. I think a perennial all-pro defense attack where he stays healthy, continues to master his craft. And again, you know, big play right there. Didn't quite get the sack, but he got his hands up and made the biggest play of the game right there. He made the play. Absolutely. We would not be, you know, people talk about should they or shouldn't have it. They did go for it. And he did that. We needed every bit of it. And fourth down, this is my favorite part of this game because this is the part I'm involved in the most. Fans, the fans, the energy is there. There may only be 10,000 people in the stands, but man, I'm telling you, you can feel the energy because people need this. During this terrible year we've been suffering through and COVID. Look, the 10,000 that were there, we needed every one of those voices. And it's fun to hear it and to feel it, man. Yeah. Well, I was washing it at home and I could hear, I mean, I don't know the pumping sound to the system, but it sound like the energy was there and everybody was engaged. And God willing, if this pandemic is over and people can come to the games, come back. Yeah. All 60,000 people, come back, come back, come back, because we see that this is a really special team having a really special year right now. It really is, man. It's so special. I mean, and as a player, you know, I've talked to Chris Johnson before. He said, I played for them just here in a few voices. No question. I played in a stadium when there was literally 7,000 fans without a pandemic. Okay. Right. And less. So it's a huge difference. So when we have the fans to feed off of and you talk about, you know, having a home field advantage, our first, what, two or three years in this stadium, we were undefeated to not lose a single game because of the fans. Yeah. So they're very, now you realize it when this pandemic hit and they're not there. It's energy. So we feed off of that energy. We want to make this a very difficult, hostile place to play. Yeah. In the NFL. I can't wait until it's hostile again and that loud. And it's scary almost when it's that loud. But just that noise alone, it was so good to hear. All right. You guys know 15 minutes can save you 15% or more on your car. Insurance with that. We'll go to break with our Geico Fast 15. Stick around. Titans Blitz. We'll be right back. Yeah. The Blitz Lounge. Yeah. The big six. It's the king cat. Henry running to the left. Yeah. The Blitz Lounge right there. They're Tennessee top. Welcome back to the Titans Blitz presented by Farm Girl Health Plans. Lance and Eddie back with you. It's half time here on the show. Play a lot of games with fans. Got to recently with one Karen there in the Blitz Lounge. But check this out. We had a lot of fun. All right. We're going to play a little Academy of Sports and Outdoors. Beat the clock. Hanging out now with Karen from Spring Hill. Karen, how are you? Awesome. You look awesome. This is the outfit of the decade. Are those driving lenses? Are those prescription? What's the story there? Driving, of course. I see you Titans. You look sharp. All right. Well, here's how it works. We're going to put an item up on the screen. You're going to bid on it. You have to guess the exact price on it. I'm going to tell you high or low, so we'll dial you in. But we'll only have 20 seconds on the clock. You ready to play this? I can do this. You can do this. I like that confidence. Duke, tell her what she's bidding on. Great for adding fun to your next Outdoor Get Together. The Triumph Sports USA Bag toss game. Includes two solid wood playing boards with fold out legs and eight heavy duty six inch square bean bags. The playing boards are locked together for easy transport with a convenient carry handle. Okay, Karen. There you go. A little bag toss game. You've got to guess the price. I'll tell you if you're high or low, you've only got 20 seconds, so let's make it fast. You ready? Yes. Time in the clock and go. 75. Higher. 100. Lower. 90. Higher. 92. Higher. 93. 94. 95. 99. I believe that's all the numbers between 90 and 100. She's done it. Congratulations, Karen. You just won yourself a $100 gift card to Academy Sports and Outdoor. Well done. I think it was the glasses. Maybe the lay or the hat. I don't know. You look sharp. Tighten up. Yeah, there she is now. Karen, good job. Way to go. Love that. I think it was the glasses. It was the glasses. I think it was the glasses. I got to get a pair of those. And the bobblehead. She's got all sorts of trinkets and stuff. And look at that. She's loaded. Love it, Karen. Love it. Thank you, Karen. I hope they sent the card already. We got to make sure. Checks in the mail. Anyway, hey, we got to talk about, there happens to be a big game. I don't know if you guys know this. There's a big game at Nissan Stadium this Sunday. Something about undefeated is going on. I didn't know that. We'll talk about it on the other side. Stick around. Titans Blitz. We'll be right back. You're doing it, Eddie. I like that. I like that. We're back with Titans Blitz presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. Hey, listen. We're talking about the excitement here. Coming to the stadium. Check this out. You and nine of your closest friends could be in a suite here this Sunday to watch us play the Steelers in the Titans Sweet Stakes. Get that right. Sweet Stakes. Go to that address. TennesseeTitans.com slash Sweet Stakes to enter to win a chance to hang out in a suite with your, that'd be the sweetest. And you get a steak. Yeah, and a steak. And a steak. Survey Eddie? You got it busy? You know what? Maybe. I might give you a small fee. All right, let's do this. It's two minute warning here on the Blitz. Let's talk about Keys to Victory taking on the Steelers. Hey, we just had our 100th all-time win this Sunday here at Nissan. 100th all-time win. And what, the last 30 games? 28, 23 and... 21 and 8? Yeah, something like that. Doing it at home. Will this be the 101st win, first key to victory? I say you got to let the front four eat because I don't see, like we've been taking on, if you look at the quarterbacks, we've been taking it on a lot of mobile quarterbacks, especially to Sean. Always got to play for that. Ben's not going anywhere. He's going to sit right in the pocket. You know where he's going to be. He's older now. But Ben is also playing, having a career year as well. He has a lot of weapons to play with. But you know with Pittsburgh, they are going to pack their run game and their defense. That's what they believe in through the years, the decades. They run the football. They're going to stop the run. They're going to bring that. So they look for them to try to run it early. So we can really force Ben to throw the football from the pocket and put them in long downs in terms of third and eight, third and nine, third and ten. I think we can be in a good position and force them into some unforced errors. Especially if we can stop Connor. That's got to be the key. Pittsburgh is going to want to do that. I think behind us, they're probably ranked the top five in rushing offense in the league. It's the number two defense versus us, the number two offense. So it's going to be a wash. Something's going to give here. It's a 16 round heavy weight fight. But they have not faced a team as tough as us. We are a special offense right now. And with that second key, we got to get that ball out early. Because this defense is going to have their ears pinned back. They are going to want to obviously stop Derrick. But they're going to come after Tannehill. But here's the problem. You got to pick your poison now. Because Tannehill is proving that he can beat teams with his arm. And he's doing it with play action. He's doing it without play action. He's doing it in big moments. He's doing it in small moments. And that only opens up things for Derrick Henry. And that puts so much pressure on a defense to have to make the right run fits every single time for four quarters. Knowing that at any moment this big guy can crack one and go for 90, 50, 20, 10, it doesn't matter. He's going to create damage, collateral damage on opposing defenses. I'm curious to see what Tom is going to do and what part of the game he's going to try to take away. Is it going to be a run game or the pass game? That's just it. And so talk about that balance. It's like it really comes down to Arthur Smith and getting that right combination of making Tomlin second yesterday. Listen, he has the right combination. I mean, he's got Tannehill through the nine different receivers. He's got four guys that are game threats. Big three threats. Derrick Henry, John New Smith, A.J. Brown, and Khalif. Khalif Raymond, right now. So with those four guys and plus some other and celebrity parts, it's going to put a lot of pressure on my Tomlin's defense. I think it's going to be a high scoring game. And I think the Titans are going to win this one big on this. I like that. You had said, I remember you said this off camera, we might be exposing them. Yeah, I think we are going to expose them. I mean, because if this is the best defense, one of the best defense in the league, we're going to find out just how well prepared they are. This is how much stamina they have and how much they can withstand the pounding plus the speed and the big play making ability of our guys. We could play small ball and we could play grind it out and we could also hit the home run. So it's going to be interesting. Final point. Keep pounding the ball. I mean, it's simple. I mean, what we're doing is not razzle-dazzle so much. It's just hard nose, old school. I'm going off tackle and I'm coming down your throat. Stop. Boom. 250 pounds. And you're going to have to make as defensive backs late in the fourth quarter, they're going to make business decisions. Okay. Do I want to come up, hit Derek Henry high, try to hit him low and snap my neck? Or I can try to figure it out and say, hey, I can try to catch him from behind. We're not doing that either. Hats off right there to that guy too. We talk so much about Derek Henry. He deserves every bit of that talk. But hats off to the O-line, the run blocking, and Jeremy McNichols filling in some big time, beautiful runs right up the middle. Yes. That offset, the run styles is really fun to watch. And wait until he really gets into a rhythm during the course of the season. So it's going to be exciting to see it all starts again, all over again with Pittsburgh coming up this weekend. Every Sunday this season has been like Christmas day. I don't know if you feel that way as Titans fans, but it is. It's Christmas morning. Five and oh. Every, five and oh. I got chills. I got chills. We'll talk more about this team on the other side. Stick around. We've got more Titans Blitz on the other side. We'll be right back. Take the game. Bring it on. The game. The ball. Take the game. No. Take the game. That crowd right there in the Blitz lounge. Looking good, y'all. Hope everybody's got pants on. Welcome back to the Titans Blitz presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. It's now overtime here on the show. Back with my man, Eddie. Good to have you back this week, man. Man, good. It's good to be back. I know. I was going for a couple of weeks with a little hiatus. Had to move around. Keith kept the seat warm. Yes, he did. Thank you, Keith. Good for those credits. But since you are back with us, one of the most prolific running backs in NFL history should be in the Hall of Fame. This man needs a gold jacket. I'll say no more now. Thank you, brother. No, I'm serious. It's serious. They don't build them like you anymore. But we've got a guide now that we've been talking about all show. And if you look back over the course of Titans history, going back to Euler's history, starting with Earl Campbell, there's this. We've been spoiled with the running back game. Earl. You. Yeah. CJ. Derek. Yeah. I mean, we've been watching his maturation since he took over two years ago and really figuring out the type of back that he wanted to be and become. He had to wait his turn with DeMarco Murray. He was itching to get out there, kind of had a slow start. People kind of doubted his ability to be a big time back in his league. And I felt all along based off of his opportunities, his size, his stature, his abilities that he can be an MVP type caliber guy. He can have 2000 yards this year. So I think he, he's had several long signature runs over the last three seasons that are that every running back would love their career. Right. He's a human highlight. He's a human highlight reel and he's only getting better. So absolutely he deserves to be mentioned in that category. Chris Johnson made a comment. Said that we had the best four running backs in history. Yeah. Out of anybody in the NFL. So it was curious. It was interesting to see all that on Twitter last week. The bait Dallas and he had KC. He had Pittsburgh and Detroit. So it was interesting to see that. But from, from Eddie George's eyes. Is it that fun to watch? I mean, no one. It is fun. You run those same steps in the same size. Well, listen, we, we, you know, myself, Earl, Chris Johnson, we're all bridge builders. Yeah. We built a bridge to help another end guy come along. So love it. It's been a blessing, man. Love that. Love this guy. Love you. Thank you for watching. We got to tighten up and keep this party rolling. I want to see us back here next week at 6 and 0. Taking down the Steelers. Thank you for watching Titans Blitz. See you next week.