 Ho ho ho ho ho! Twas the night before Christmas and on Titans All Access. Ho ho ho! He's made his list, he's checked it twice. Ho ho ho! Santa Claus is coming to town for a Titans Texan showdown. That'll be naughty or nice. Plus, you can't beat home sweet home for the holidays if you're Derek Henry. Giving back, ho ho ho! Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night as Titans All Access starts right now. Ho ho ho ho! The franchise record for touchdowns. There he is, the Uly Bulldozer, Derek Henry. Touchdown, Titans, Chig, a cock-woe in the hill. He's got it to burst. He's got to be sacked. It's McCreary with his first career I&T. Tipped it back in bounds and it's intercepted by Kalu. Welcome to Titans All Access. With Amy Wells, I'm Mike Keith. Merry Christmas. Ready for Saturday football. You ready for Saturday football? I'm ready for Saturday football. I like Saturday football. Saturday football is gonna be a good thing. Titans and the Texans at Nissan Stadium. Saturday at noon central time. Have you seen the weather forecast? I have seen the weather forecast as someone who will be outside. It's gonna be chilly, Mike. Cold, cold. Cold, cold. That's what we call it. Embrace it. It's supposed to be cold. Let's be great, man. Play on grass. The record for cold at Nissan Stadium is 23 degrees in the season finale in 2017 when the Titans beat the Jaguars to go to the playoffs. 23 degrees. We might not even get close to that on Saturday. Ooh, it's gonna be chilly. How many layers? Oh, at least five. But you have to be festively dressed too, though, don't you, because it's Christmas Eve. Well, yeah, I mean, you can be festive and also be layered. There's an art to it, but there's gonna be a lot of fun things to cheer for. That's gonna be a great game and Titans fans have a lot to be excited about right now. Right now, absolutely. And that brings us to the huge and Coleman decision of the week. Mike, a big vote for the Metro Council. What did they decide exactly and why is it so good for the Titans? There were two things that Metro Council considered on Tuesday night. Number one, a vote yes for a 1% hotel motel occupancy tax increase, which will be used to help fund the new Titan Stadium. And number two, an agreement on the terms between the team and Metro on what their part will be in building the new stadium. So the good part of this decision, things are moving along for a new Titan Stadium to come in 2026 or 2027. Now, there are still more things to get taken care of in the first quarter of 2023. So everything is not done, but all the plans you've seen, all the things we've shown you, all the wonderful aspects of the new Nashville Stadium that we've talked about on track to be built. What a Christmas gift for the Titans, Titans fans everywhere and also this part of the country as everybody is gonna love this new building. And Saturday, wouldn't you wish we had a roof? Man, having a roof would really be nice and it's exciting all the things to watch in the new year. Yes, absolutely. Well, we have a lot to watch on this edition of Titans All Access as well, including a one-on-one with Andrew Adams. It's coming up next on the holiday edition of Titans All Access. Okay. Hey guys, Coach Mack here with this week's Beneath the Surface powered by Microsoft Surface, beginning now. Today we're gonna look at four excellent plays by the Titans defense against the Los Angeles Chargers in SoFi Stadium. First place, second, seven, first quarter. Balls on the plus 25. Chargers are in 11 personnel with trips, speed, alignment, which means all three wide receivers are to the defensive left. Titans in a four-man front. Man-to-man with single high safety with a low-hole rat in Monty Rice, number 56. Excellent TT game inside with Big Jeff and Nikwon Jones. Simmons makes a nice step outside on the guard followed by a perfectly executed two-hand swipe and swallows the quarterback for a nine-yard loss and a Big Jeff celebration. Next play we're gonna look at. This is second, 10, second quarter. 12 seconds on the clock. Scores tied at 7-7 at the plus 25-yard line. Chargers are in 11 personnel, two-by-two with top-of-number splits by the outside receivers on both sides. Titans are in a four-man rush. Deep sink quarters to protect the end zone. Two outside wide receivers run a takeoff route. Herbert launches to Mike Williams, but Dupree has a perfect speed to power rush, does not allow Herbert to follow through on the deep throw. McCrary makes an incredibly heads-up athletic play by elevating, seeing Colu behind him and in bounds, volleyball's the ball to him and Colu makes another athletic play by not only catching the football and being very alert to what McCrary was trying to do in this unusual situation but also getting both feet down. One of the most incredible interceptions I have seen in my national football league career, which is a long time. Next play, third and five on the plus 49, 13-32 in the third quarter. Chargers are again in 11 personnel, two-by-two shotgun formation. Titans are mugging both linebackers in the A gaps with wide rush alignments by the front four. Titans bail out on a 500, two-deep zone coverage, confuse Herbert with the mug droppers and pre-snap bogey coverage. Offensive line slides to Big Jeff, allowing number 95 to Marcus Walker to power rush the guard and eat up Herbert for a big sack on third down for a seven-yard loss. 553 in the third quarter, second eight on the plus 27. Chargers in 11 personnel, two-by-two, jet motion by number 13, Keaton Allen, behind the quarterback and shotgun, making it a three-by-two split. Titans are in four-man rush, quarters coverage, Kevin Byrd playing the inside quarters, gets an excellent read on the dagger route, which is a deep dig to his side. DeMarcus Walker, number 95, gets a tremendous power rush on the offensive guard, makes Herbert move off the spot, Byrd gets an excellent directional delivery key and steps in front of Williams for a tremendous, tremendous interception in zone coverage. Welcome back to the Bet MGM studio and Titans All Access. The Texans don't have a great record in 2022, but they've been playing some outstanding football lately. They gave the Dallas Cowboys and the Kansas City Chiefs all they wanted in the last two weeks and we know they always play the Titans tough. If Tennessee's gonna win over Houston on Saturday, the Titans need a big day and some big plays from the defense. Yeah, I'm one of those guys who needs to step up is Andrew Adams. He's a defensive back who we've seen make some big plays this season. I had a chance to sit down and talk with him about his journey to the Tennessee Titans in this week's Nissan Insider. You've played for a lot of different organizations in a lot of different schemes and for a lot of different coaches. How does that benefit you at this phase in your career? I just think I'm able to understand what the coaches are asking me to do because I've either done it before or I've done a version of it before. So I might have to tweak one or two things in technique, but for the most part, I pretty much play every coverage and most of the configurations of the defense that you can have, I've been in. So I do think it helps. You've gone from being an undrafted free agent all the way to playing for a Super Bowl winning team. That's a tremendous amount of ground to cover. Do you feel like that gives you a lot of credibility when you walk into a room, especially maybe with some of the younger guys on the team that you have seen and experienced pretty much every kind of circumstance? It might to them, but to me, I don't think just winning a Super Bowl gives me credibility. I think your quality of work and how you show up every day and how you approach day-to-day routine kind of gives you more of that credibility to younger guys because they can see better than they can hear. So even if I'm telling them this, that, one thing or the other thing, they're gonna be able to see my day-to-day actions more than they're gonna listen to me telling them something. I wanna go back before you were a pro, back in college, you almost played baseball and not football, is that correct? That's correct, that's very correct. What was it about football that you couldn't walk away from, that you couldn't leave? Honestly, I think it was game day. Everybody always, in the football world, enjoy the process, the practice, the workouts, the gettin' in shape, all that's a process for game day, but I just think game day, there's just that feeling that you get that nothing else in the world can give you that feeling. And I think that feeling is honestly why I kept playing football, I just couldn't let that go. We've seen you get some interceptions that are pretty crazy, I don't wanna say, I mean, call anyone out specifically, but a 76-yard return for a touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts. Plays like that, moments like that, do those still excite you the way that they did when you first started your career? I mean, you're a veteran player now, you've been doing this for a minute. Do you still get that same rush? Oh, for sure, those are the plays that you're waiting for, really. Those are the plays that you watch so much film for, those are the plays that you practice, and when those opportunities come in the game, they don't come all the time, so when you get them, one, you have to relax because you wanna make the play, you wanna finish, and then afterwards, it's kinda just a, I don't know, it's a sense of relief, like, oh, I've been waiting on this moment, and you're definitely still the same excitement because you have your teammates, you have everybody patting you on the back, you're helping the team win, and that's the most important, is that you're helping the team win, so whatever you can do that, you're gonna feel good about yourself, for sure. I'm a fan of Andrew Adams. Yeah, everybody should be. Yeah, he will pop you one. Oh, yes, he will. Yes, he will. Hey, speaking of that, we're gonna be talking ball in the next segment, and I'm gonna bring on a guy who he popped you one. Oh, yeah? A Titans great, Michael Ruse will be sitting right there. Yeah. She won't, he will. Michael Ruse right there, when we're talking ball presented by Duncan in the Bet MGM Studio next on Titans All Access. Welcome back into the Bet MGM Studios, and it's time for Talking Ball with a special guest. This is Pro Bowl Offensive Tackle, Michael Ruse of your Tennessee Titans. I guess I have to say, former. What is Michael Ruse doing now? Tell us all about what you got going on in your life. Mostly just living it, enjoying it, been did a lot of traveling after retiring, and now we have a little boy and picks up a lot of my time. And he's a big fella. He's big, yeah. He's three feet tall, about 32 pounds already, 20 months old. So basketball recruiters, you wanna get Michael Ruse on your list already, the AAU coaches will be calling. All right, so how involved do you stay with football now? Now that you have a little perspective being away from it for a decade almost? Watching it, you know, go on Twitter occasionally to bent, but mostly just watch it, you know, still watch it every weekend. When you watch the game, what do you watch? I weirdly recently started watching a lot more defense. You know, try to learn it as much as I could when I was playing, and I watched the O-line, and as soon as the ball is kind of snapped, but through a second or so, I kind of end up moving to the secondary to see what's going on, to know who's gonna be open. Wow. Just trying to teach myself a little more and just understand the game a little more. You thinking about coaching? No. No? No entry, as smart a player as you were? Never. And you were a technician too? I have a few friends who are coaches at different levels, and the amount of hours needed to put into it, I just don't wanna give. All right, so the Titans this Saturday are playing against the Houston Texans. You saw twice a year through your entire career. Do you have a game against the Texans that jumps out to you the most? Yeah, Vince is... 2006 in Houston? Yeah, Vince's game at the overtime baron, and then Rob Barona's with the seven field goals. Eight? Eight for the game winner, yeah. Those two, I think were the... They were back to back years. Yeah. They were pretty physical games. Yeah, it was always a lot of fun playing against Houston. All right, so the Titans start a rookie right tackle this year. His name is Nicholas Petitfarer. He started every game. You started your first game at left tackle for Brad Hopkins, and then when Brad came back, you moved to right tackle. What are the challenges that Nick has gone through this year playing that spot, knowing you did it in 2005? I think the biggest thing is probably just speed. I'm sure by now it's whatever, week 15, 16. Things have slowed down, but early on it's just the speed of the game is just so different. And trying to probably get a good rapport and a good back and forth with your guard, the center, quarterbacks, trying to understand everything that everybody's saying and doing. By now, I would assume he's probably feeling a lot more comfortable than he was week one. You were part of a tackle twosome that was together a long time. David Stewart, big country. What is big country doing now? He is a preacher in Alabama. He's a preacher? The guy that never spoke is talking to a congregation every Sunday yet. You know, he set the record with me for most questions asked in an interview in a minute 15, because every question was a one word answer. Nice guy, literal, great Titans player. Worst interview in Titans history. And he delivers sermons now? It's a miracle. It is, yeah. And he's pretty rough character too. He might have hit some guys a couple times. He's a softy at heart. He is a great guy. And you guys were fantastic together. All right, tell me how the Titans win this game Saturday over the Texans. What do we got to do? What coach has been harping? I mean, you just got to play your game, play football. You can't do too much. You can't overthink it, but it comes to you. Now, so are you available to come back? No. No? No. It's not happening? No. And it's so good to see you. Thanks for talking about presented by Duncan. That's Michael Rouge, former Pro Bowl Titan offensive tackle, one of the greats of his era. When we come back, another great, Derek Henry and more of his story as the Titans 2022 Walter Payton Man of the Year. That's next on Titans All Access. Nashville's the top five city in America in terms of chef driven restaurants. It's always a tremendous honor to be able to represent the city. Nashville's freaking amazing. Hey, it's Matt Moore. Be sure to check out Taste of Tennessee exclusively on LG channels and LG OLED TVs. Welcome back to Titans All Access. Derek Henry is the Tennessee Titans Walter Payton Man of the Year for the second year in a row. And we've seen over the last couple of weeks on Titans All Access, many of the great things he does around the Nashville community. But one of the things that makes Derek most special is he's never forgotten his hometown of Uly, Florida and his reach certainly extends there even now. Derek doesn't make a big deal about the things that he does. So a lot of times it's after the fact that I learn what things have come from him. There has been an allotment of Nike gear that consistently comes in that he has donated. My first year here, we did t-shirts, and we did like these really sweet Nike half practice pants and we did shorts. There was an allotment of $5,000 for the weight room that Derek sent us. The other piece that he I know for sure has donated was he reconditioned helmets through some of the money they sent us. And that's important because you got to get those helmets certified every year. That's a player safety thing. I know that's big for on everybody's mind and it's a big piece of the puzzle. He just has that kind of spirit. He is a kind and generous person who doesn't forget people who took care of him when he was young. If we don't have what Derek has been able to do for us, I've got to take money out of improving our practice field, improving our game field to get our guys some essentials like that Nike gear. It's important for us to feel like a football team. This past year, we went with the jacket I'm currently wearing, pants that match, yule up a side with the embroidery. Every day of the week, you could tell a football player because they are proudly strutting around in those track suits. You should see the kids' faces when they got them. It was incredible. This jacket pant combination was the best thing that could have happened. This team didn't have those kind of things when Derek was here. They were literally sharing shoes and belts and things like that, but I'm sorry, that makes me a little emotional to think about that for him. The experience he's giving these kids that he didn't have. For Derek to care so much about us, that's showing what he's about in his character. His selflessness for this community, his love for this community and where he grew up, he doesn't have to do the things that he does. He's doing this out of his own generosity. It's selfless. He's never forgot about the Yulee Florida. The NFL announced its rosters for this year's Pro Bowl games on Wednesday, running back Derek Henry, defensive lineman Jeffrey Simmons and long snapper Morgan Cox were all selected from the Titans. Additionally, linebacker Dylan Cole, Hunter Ryan Stonehouse, center Ben Jones and safety Kevin Byard were named as alternates. This marks the second selection for both Henry and Simmons and the fifth for Cox. 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The war and treaty will perform the national anthem while Titans cheerleaders and the blue crew drum line will perform a holiday halftime show. And I cannot emphasize this enough. Bring a coat. I cannot emphasize enough that I think, my prediction, that the war and treaty will have one of the all-time great national anthems in the history of Nissan Stadium. Really? Yes. I am excited for that. I'm laying it on the line because I think the war and treaty, that talented. I am really fired up. Worth the price of admission. Just for the anthem. Just for the anthem. All right. And to see the Titans go to eight and seven, taking on the Houston Texans, Titans countdown on your favorite Titans radio station begins at 11 a.m. central. We'll kick it off at 1202 Titans in the Texans at Nissan Stadium. And we'll have a little Christmas cheer if we get that win. Oh, I love that. I know, your big Christmas cheer person. I'm a very big Christmas cheer person, yes. All right, that does it for Titans All Access for Amy Wells, I'm Mike Keith. Merry Christmas, and we'll see you next time.