 All the hard work pays off. That's why I work hard. No days off. I'm only human. I make mistakes. And we got a show to do. Welcome to Titans Blitz, presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. We won, apparently. Yeah. It is Thanksgiving Eve. And my man, Eddie George, is in the house, of course. Always excited this time of year. He's been talking to me off camera before the show starts about his turkey in the brine. It's in the brine. The process started Sunday night that I put in the brine. And then I'll take it out tonight and inject them with an injectable marinade, which is made from scratch. I got my stuffing together, or stuffing or dressing. Dressing. Dressing. Dressing. We're in the South. Yeah, we're in the South. So he's dressing. So I prepared that before I got here. So I'm really excited about that. Add a new ingredient into it. So we'll see how it plays off. I'm convinced after four seasons on this show with Eddie, he's working on his own cooking show. Yeah. But that's for another time right now. Cooking with EG. Cooking with EG. All right, let's get cooking with EG. Let's kick off the show and do four downs with Eddie. Let's talk about this game, this big can of butt whipping that we put on Jacksonville. All right. So first down, offense explodes. Offense explodes. Finally, right? This is what we wanted to see. Oh, yeah. We've been wanting to see it all season long. Yeah. I mean, Cleveland was a good game, but this one was the most points they scored offensively. Yeah. 42 points. They looked the part. Offensive line on the allowed one sack. Yep. No penalties. Taylor LeWon. So big shout out to Taylor LeWon. He held his points. Very nice. You showed me a clip of him getting hit on the side. Yeah. He responds. So he's channeling his energy in the right direction. Yeah. And it was just like really a physical beat down up front in the trenches. And Ryan Tannehill, goodness gracious. He was fantastic. Man. He sacrificed himself. Sacrificed his body. He's been playing with a lot of intensity, boxy. He's just been playing out of this world right now. He really, really is. I mean, I just, he's been that spark, you know, that they were talking about they wanted. It was a fun game to watch. And of course, second down, you know, top of this offense exploding, we're burying the lead a little bit. Derek Henry. Man. And his dominance. Wow. Yeah. Listen. Hey, he's been on fire going back to last. He is a beast. In 16 games, he's the number one running back in the NFL. It's over 1600 yards, 18 touchdowns last. So when you talk about crown him, crown him as the king of running backs of the NFL. And they should crown him as the highest paid running back. Okay. In my opinion. After this season, because he is the face of the franchise, he is the best player on offense for them. They feed off of his energy. And when he gets in the open, he's lethal. I mean, he is a deadly combination of speed, power, finesse. He's taken his game to another level. And nobody, I mean, that's high praise coming from you, sir, because nobody knows that position the way you, I mean, the way he's playing it like you did. We talked about this though last week on the show, we had said, what are the keys to victory? And what did we say? We said, play action early. What's the first offensive play of the game? Everybody followed Derek Henry, who didn't touch the ball and it was a bootleg. They got 20 yards. And the bootleg worked again because everybody's following it. So even if he's not touching the ball, his presence is felt on the field. Yeah. He's affecting the game. And that's what you want. That's when you know he's been effective. I mean, early in his career, he was criticized that he was tentative. He wasn't hitting it up in there. But he's somehow or another, he's found a way to impose his will early. He's a factor and guys have to account for him. I believe that was after your conversation with him. Oh, I mean, you know, let's just say, I mean, it might have been the dressing though. Okay. It might have been, might have been. Well, also a big part of this game and this all season long. The defense once again, holding 120 points. They contained where they needed to shut down where they needed to. They were especially effective on third down, Jacksonville, seven of 18, seven of 18. Harold Landry continuing his sack streak there, getting hungry on that D line. And this defense does not get enough credit nationally speaking. They've been solid all year long. All year. Yeah. They've lost some games, but for the most part, they've held, they've been the backbone of this team. They've been the backbone of their, of the offense in terms of supporting the offense. The secondary has been outstanding. And I think they're only going to get better as the season goes on there. We're peaking at the right time. Really hitting on all cylinders, offensively and certainly deep. And playing so well as a unit as a team, you can see with Jarrell Casey out and with Jarrell Casey in the different teammates and how these guys work together. But it was really great to see Jayon Brown inside linebacker number 55, he had 15 tackles in this game. For me. Yeah. We need some Jayon Brown in this mix constantly. Yeah. We're talking about guys, team football, defensive team, Jaylon Brown. You got the cornerback, Logan Ryan playing the slot corner, I mean, just guys stepping up from each and every level of the defense. And they, they, they could tell that they love each other. They play for one another and they're gelling really beautifully as a unit defensively. So underrated and not appreciated nationally in terms of this defense and hopefully they win this week. They'll start to see just how good this tight defense really is. Well, the defense has been stable all season long, but offensively been putting it together, putting it together and coming together at the right time, but fourth down here spreading the wealth. I think this is an interesting stat here with the Dennis Kelly touchdown, which we'll talk about with the Dennis Kelly touchdown. That's 10 different players that we've distributed touchdowns to that second in the league. So we are truly spreading the wealth. And in this game, Michael Pruitt had a, had a touchdown tight end, Michael Pruitt had a touch, or not touchdown, but had a reception for 20 yards. That was the only reception by a tight end in this game. And that's strange for the Titans to have one reception. Usually the tight end is the main focal point of the offense in terms of the passing. Exactly. AJ Brown. AJ Brown, right? Yeah. Yeah. Listen, we can talk about another beast. He is an emerging superstar in this league. When he gets to rock, run after catch, boy's bad. He's a bad boy. He's got the jets. He's got the size. He's got the speed. And he's got the tenacity. I mean, that's what you want to see. He wants to be great. He's a very physical receiver. Yes, he does. Yeah, he wants to be great. And you see him at the practice doing all the little things and it's paying off. I mean, it's paying dividends. We're talking about wealth. It's paying dividends. Yeah. All this hard work that he's put in. So he's talking about his game, 64 yards, 11, 81, 135 last week, and he's only going to get more and more comfortable as the season goes along. Mix it up. I think we've got a lot of weapons, though. And I think we're giving defenses fits because it isn't just AJ or isn't just Henry or isn't just... Johnny Smith. Johnny Smith. Exactly. Did you see him on the reverse? Yeah. With quick... Quick. Man, his run skills are... Yeah. I'm really excited about this offense. Yeah, I'm telling you though. It's a good lineup. All right. Listen, we've got a lot more Titans to talk about. We've got Thanksgiving to talk about. But do stick around. Listen, you know 15 minutes can save you 15% or more on your car insurance. With that, we go to break with our Geico Fast 15, but stick around. Titans Blitz. We'll be right back. Excited to be here. It is now halftime here on the show. We'll take a break from the X's and O's. Yes, Titan up. Eddie, I've got a question for you. What you got? All right, since we're breaking down the football talk for a second. Would you rather be constantly tired or constantly hungry? Ooh. Ooh. Oh. Constantly tired. Constantly tired. Because I'm constantly tired already. Oh, already. Hard-working man. That makes sense. All right. I can eat. I can eat always. I would rather be constantly hungry, though I would have no friends, because Daddy's angry. Yeah. Yeah. Because if you're hungry, you've got to drive for something. My man Jay said that. Yeah. But if you're hungry, you're going to be mad. You know, I don't want to... I don't like being mad. You don't want to be mad? Well, let's see what our Titans had to say this week's Titans 411 powered by Snickers. Such a miserable question. I like food a lot, so if I feel hungry, then I want to just keep eating. Yeah, I go hungry. I don't like feeling tired, so I'll go hungry. Constantly hungry no matter how much food I eat. I can't be constantly tired. I'd rather be constantly hungry. Oh, but I say constantly hungry no matter how much food I eat. I would say constantly hungry no matter how much food you eat, just because you can eat all the food you want. And obviously you got a great metabolism, you're burning that fat off, so you know, you can just constantly eat. And as long as you stay hungry, you just keep on eating. I'd rather be constantly tired. I think a hunger feeling is a lot worse than being just tired, so I'd rather be constantly tired. Oh, hungry all the time. Get in my belly. Powered by Snickers. There you go. See, everybody's constantly hungry. These athletes, though, I mean, they're hungry all the time, right? You weren't, you're hungry when you played? I was always hungry. Always hungry. Yeah, yeah. But that's why I'm tired now. Yeah, I'm tired now. All right, well, moving on to something that is very cool, very special and very near and dear to your heart. Talk about this Cigar's Cocktails and Conversations you got going on. Yes, Cigar's Cocktails and Conversations with Earl Campbell, my childhood hero. Wow. Also was nominated as one of the great running backs of all time. Of all time, yes. I have a chance to sit and hear us talk and banter. I've known Earl for well over 20 years. I won the Heisman, of course, been with the franchise, but he was an idol of mine growing up and it's not often you'll have a chance to get to know the man behind the mask. And that's what we're here to do is to show that show or who we are as men, as athletes, as husbands, as fathers, as men that made the transition after the game. You know, my father and I would sit up Monday night football just to watch the highlights of Earl Campbell together. So when you're in a moment like this, granted it's coming up, but I mean, I mean, I know you've met the man before, but do you get to just be a fan? That's what it is, yeah, I do. I mean, every time I'm around Earl, I tell him, he says, oh, Eddie, shut up. And that deep Texas boy, it's like he's selling his tobacco in his mouth already. And barbecue sauce in his back pocket. I mean, man, he has his own sausage. So we're going to talk about all that. So ladies out there, if you want to get your husband a wonderful gift, check it out again. You have a chance to get it for him at a great discount. There's a perfect time to get it for him for a Christmas gift. It's a wonderful time. That's great. And a portion of the net proceeds go to charities and your charities by the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. That's very cool. So look for that. And you've got more of these coming. I love it. Quarterly, so we're going to try to mix it up, bringing some different athletes with backgrounds and maybe an actor. Yeah, but you and Earl Campbell, that's got to be special. So hopefully you'll be there too. All right, all right. I'm going to hold you to it. I'm going to hold you to it. All right. Got to take a little break right now. We've got more Titan splits on the other side, including the keys to victory against the Colts. So stick around. Titan splits. We'll be right back. Splits presented by Farm Bureau of Health. Lance and Eddie back with you. It is another two-minute warning here on the show. Second straight divisional game coming up. We've got a big win on the Jacksonville game. Going up to Indy. Got to take care of business. And I get a sense from this crowd, from the city, from you, from my parents. We can do this. Yes, we can. Yes, we can. So let's talk about how we do this. First key, look, they have one of the best offensive lines in the game. No question. Control the line of scrimmage. Control that offensive line. How do we do that? The game is going to be won in the trenches. In the trenches. The one who establishes themselves in the trenches will win this ball game. And for the last few times we played the Colts, they dominated the line of scrimmage, which means they dominate time of possession. They're able to control the clock by running the football, play action, and so forth. So, given where we are defensively understanding that, they know it's going to be a fist fight. It's going to be iron fist. Yeah. It's going to be iron fist all night long. Yeah. So that's got to be the mindset going to this game, defensively speaking, going to offensive line. They run, and now Marlon Mack is injured, but they still put up 144 yards rushing a game. So we've got to clamp down on that. Clamp down on that. Next up, pressure, Brissette, got to get back there. Now, he's a guy. I know he's not Andrew Luck. I know he's not even Ben Rothesberger, but he's a guy. Jacobi Brissette, that we, he just, he finds ways to get rid of the ball. He's sneaky good. Sneaky good. He is sneaky good. He might throw for 170 yards. Right. You're like, okay, how's this guy doing this? Yeah. I mean, he makes great decisions. He finds his receivers when he's in trouble. Mm-hmm. And I've been a fan, honestly, of Brissette. Yeah. When he was in college, and certainly we got drafted, but we got to get to him just like that. Yeah. We've got to be able to make him uncomfortable in the pocket. We got to make him, we got to win on first to second down. Yeah. Keeping him third in long situations. Right. Because he's not the type that's going to run. He's going to beat you with his legs consistently. So we've got to keep him in the pocket, get pressure on him. Yeah. And win on first to second down. Now, the Colts beat the Chiefs in a low scoring game. Mm-hmm. We beat the Chiefs in a high scoring game. So it's much different. Yeah, we, yeah. We can still celebrate beating the Chiefs all the time. Yeah. Much different sort of process here. The third key, control, time of possession. How do we beat the Colts, like the Colts beat the Chiefs? How do we run this ball effectively against this team? There was a clip of Michael Rable going to Derek Henry and saying, Mm-hmm. Yeah. Take over the game. Okay. Right. That simple. Yeah. Derek Henry, take over the game. This is your time. Uh-huh. It's Thanksgiving. It's cold. It's November. It's playoff football. Runs game has to dominate. Right. King Henry, put on your crown and take over. And the story. That's where it has to come down. So it's, we're putting it on his shoulders. Yeah. Yeah. Quick story. The same thing that Jeff Fisher said to me in the playoff game, we played the Colts up there in 1999. I remember. This is why we drafted you. Right. And I went out there and put up, you know, 169 or whatever it was. We wanted to win the game. So. High stepping up the middle. High stepping up the middle. Yeah. Yeah. So this is the, his moment where he has to take over the game from start to finish. Is that what Jeff Fisher really said to you? Oh, yeah. He did. This is why we drafted you. Before we went out there. What do you feel when a coach says that? No pressure. No pressure. No, actually there was no pressure. I was excited. Yeah. I was like, give me the rock. Give me the rock. That was my moment. Yeah. So I think this is his time for Derek Henry at this point in time. You know, that mentality, give me the rock. I think it's taken a while for him, but it's clicked for him. And I think he wants it. Oh, he tastes it. I think he wants it. Oh, you can see him take it. Yeah. His confidence is growing each and every week. And, and, and, you know, I think this is his moment. Now he can really put a stake to say, Hey, I'm here to stay. I want to be a Titan forever. And he's, he's, in my opinion, one of the best running backs, not the best running back in the league right now, right now. Yeah. Yeah. I want to see that. All right. We got more Titans Blitz on the other side. I got a question for you. Stick around. We will be right back. Blitz presented by Farm, your health plans. I hear a Smith, Smith, Smith. Eddie. Hey, it's overtime. Time for our Winnie's hot take of the week. Eddie, I got a question for you. What's that, bro? When you beat a team as bad as we did against Jacksonville and seemed to do it often, minus the hiccup early in the season, what does it mean to be kryptonite in the heads of the other team? What does it mean? And you've played against Jacksonville. You've done this very same thing against this team. Yeah. Jacksonville in 99 had the best record in all the pro football. Right. Jacksonville had three losses and all three of them was to us. To us. That's right. And, you know, we went down there. We went down there to play them in the AFC championship game. And they went up on us. They were really hyped. But then all of a sudden, it started to unravel. It started making plays. And you can see the panic on their faces and the great Fred Taylor. And he's making plays, but then he's not. And Brunel's throwing interceptions. Samarie Rawls in the back end zone. Samarie Rawls in the back end zone. Right. Yeah. Derek Mason scores. Yeah. It just, it feels good when you can see the panic begin to set it on their faces like, oh, we're coming. Yeah. Your major plays early. Yeah. We weathered the storm, but it's starting to unravel now. That's what happened in this game. That's right. It was 7-3 at the half. And then, ooh, 42 to 20 in the end. Yeah. That was a beat down. It was fun to watch. Man, I really enjoyed it. We got to keep this thing going. I think this is just crazy momentum. Oh, by the way, I don't know if you guys saw this on Wikipedia. See, if you go to Wikipedia, it gives you all the information. Here's Jacksonville Jaguars Wikipedia page. And if you look, it says, owners Derek Henry. So bravo. Bravo to whoever pulled that off. That might have been you, right? Well played, twisting my mustache. Twisting my mustache. I just want to say on behalf of the Titans, happy Thanksgiving from all of us to you. Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving to you, sir. This is a pleasure to do with you. Man, got to do it again next week. I want to celebrate this Colts victory. Right? Got to take down the Colts. The playoffs are coming and it starts this Sunday. I love it. Thank you for being here.