 Welcome you to the Mike Frapple Show with the Titans head coach on Mike Keith, Tennessee coming off a 23 to 20 win over the Los Angeles Chargers in all your years of football. You've experienced a lot of things. Have you ever experienced an ending quite like that one? No, we had one in Indy one time with the Patriots. It was a walk off down there on the goal line. Willie McGinnis came in there and stopped him short and that was in the last play of the game, but nothing quite like that. That was awesome. It was really fantastic, fun watching the players compete and fight to the end. Let's get right into Mike Frapple's six pack and look at some of the big plays in the Titans win. First drive, Kevin Byrd shows why he's one of the best safeties in the National Football League. It's fourth and two, Hunter Henry's the receiver and Byrd says no. Really tight coverage right there, but what I wanted to remind you about is its interior rush. You know, Rashawn coming through there forcing the quarterback to get rid of the ball. The rush helping the tight coverage. Kevin Byrd with an outstanding play. The defense keeping the Chargers from getting points in that drive and that would prove to be bigger later in the game. In the next possession, the first of the game for the Titans, Kevin Byrd is involved again coach. Absolutely. But you know, we liked all week. We felt like we were going to get the certain look at certain part of the field where we ran it and got a lot of faith in those guys with Kern and Byrd, two of our more dependable players and felt confident making that call and that decision and end up leading to three points. Titans lead three to nothing. As we go to the second quarter, the Titans find themselves down 10 to three. And for the first time this year, the offense scores points in the last two minutes of the half. Tana Hill to Davis for an eight yard touchdown. Absolutely. I think the biggest thing here is that Ryan plants his back foot. Corey gets there. The ball's in the air. He turns around. There's great spacing right there. He throws it between two defenders. As you can see here, you know, Ryan plants his back foot and then lets it rip. And you got to throw in a tight windows down there. Ryan Tana Hill throws for 312 yards in the game. Corey Davis six catches for 80 yards in the Titans victory. And that a touchdown on the day. It's 10-10 at halftime. Early third quarter, the Titans get a big play from a defensive lineman playing his first game, Jeffrey Simmons. There it is. Couldn't be happier for any player. I know how much he's worked. I know how much this game meant to him to recognize and realize this lifelong dream of playing in the NFL. And we're certainly glad that he's there here with us doing those things now and then we're going to have to add more to his plate. And he's a disruptive player in there. Does a nice job on the tackle and yet works his way back to the quarterback. Also a very heady play for a young line. Well we talked about not running by the quarterback. I mean Phillip Rivers needs to be affected interiorly up inside. He's one of those quarterbacks that really doesn't care if guys are running behind him. And that was a great job of not running by the quarterback and coming back inside. It's still 10-10 as we move to the fourth quarter, but the Titans break the tie with a touchdown pass to Tajeshaw. Yeah, they went to the ever-popular nine-man drop. Probably dropped another guy out and then should have gone. But normally you get to see eight guys in coverage down there in the red zone. Ryan progresses through there and Tajeshaw's a secondary read in the back of the end zone and gives him a good ball there to catch and Tajeshaw's able to keep his feet in balance. So Sharp makes the catch. He finishes the day with two catches for 19 yards and a big play for the Titans. That's his first touchdown in 11 months. Another touchdown for a guy who's been putting it in the end zone regularly this year, Derek Henry with an 11-yard run. Yeah, we get some guys out in front of him here on the toss and receivers are out there blocking. John who's blocking. Corey's blocking. Taylor gets around. And then you're going to see the post-safety. This guy coming in right here that's post-safety and he's going to make him miss right here. Jenkins, he's going to make him miss, but you see AJ blocking, straining, finishing longer than the guy with the ball. Those are things that sometimes go unnoticed. They won't when we meet with the players and explain to them how big those blocks are. Derek Henry, 22 rushes for 90 yards in the ball game. Mentioned AJ Brown there. Six catches for 64 yards for the rookie from Ole Miss. Looked like he played another good game. Sure. You know, I like the way those guys attack the football. You know, they go out there. Him and Corey and some of those guys, those receivers and Johnny, we're able to get a lot of guys involved, but I love how they go and attack the football. They don't let the football get into their body and they catch it out in front of their eyes. And what about the rookies in this game? Nate Davis along with Simmons and David Long had a tackle for loss. You get a lot of help from the young guys, Imani Hooker at the safety spot. Yeah. I mean, they have to play. You know, you get 46 guys on the game day roster. Pretty much everybody is going to be a part of it in some form or fashion and it's great to see those guys help contribute to the victory. Three and four, you're right back in this thing. One place we were last year, you know, that's, we got to get going. When we come back, it's time for the Bridgestone clutch performance of the game. I think you know what it's going to be, but you want to stick around on the Mike Frapple show. It's been 48 hours, but I don't know if we totally recovered from the goal line stand at the end of the Titans 23 to 21 over the Chargers. Let's set the scene 22 seconds to go. And go inside for one. Melvin Gordon is going to get the football, but he's not going to hold on to. No, he's not. You can see Jeff there create a new line of scrimmage forces and probably a little wider wood comes off the edge, you know, puts his hand right on the football. It comes out. There's a scrum for it. There's a lot of things going on here. You know, at the end of the day, we got to make sure that we get the football and we need clear recovery. It's bouncing around there. Jarrell ends up with it, you know, not sure where he wants to go with it, but we got clear recovery. I mean, this is just guys battling in the trenches. It's elbows and you know what's in there fighting. Casey at the bottom of the pile, Simmons at the bottom of the pile, Evans with a hit. You mentioned Woodyard pulling hard at his arm and then Casey with his fifth career recovery of a fumble and it took him a little time to sort it all out. Yeah, there was a lot of a lot of chaos and mayhem down there and guys are running everywhere and, you know, they just, you know, I guess that's why instant replay is what it is. It can sort out the things that happen on the field that, you know, thank God, I think one thing Stretch said today was we had the afternoon game and we had more TVs, more cameras. It gives them more views to make, you know, changes. And you knew right away you had the ball and everything was cool. Well, I knew we had the ball, but again, you have to show clear recovery of that football. I mean, that's, if it's in a pile, I thank God it wasn't in the pile. It was out in the open. Because if it's in a pile, they're not going to tell you you got clear recovery. And if it had not been a clear recovery, the Chargers would have had at least one more play. Yeah, I think they would have had, you know, two more plays. They could have thrown, you know, it had been five seconds clock would have started on the ready. You know, what they chose to do at that point in time was either throw a fade or clock it. That was up to them. But, you know, they would have been five seconds on the clock after the 10 second runoff. Titans hold get the win 23 to 20 over the Chargers, our Bridgestone clutch performance play of the game. And now it's time for our Delta dental guest, the Titan. I break his two to five on the season guessing. And here he goes again. Here is the current Titans player as a young child. It's a good picture. Handsome young fellow. Well, we got the cutest kids in the, in the league, I think. Yeah. I'm going to give you a little time. No pressure. I'm going to need it. No pressure. The Delta dental guest, the Titan coming up. John Smith on deck in the gladiator, too, as Amy Wells is standing by. Stay with us for more of the Mike Brayble show. Delta dental guest, the Titan, Mike Brayble, your guest is. That's Tajé Sharp. It's Tajé Sharp. Oh, thank goodness. The touchdown scorer from Sunday. Thank goodness. He's one of your favorite guys in terms of his work ethic. Well, you know, he's helped us out of practice on the show team and, you know, he, he plays a lot of different positions. He knows all those receiver positions, which is unique. There's a lot of moving parts to that stuff and, and Tajé has been able to handle it, been able to help us out a lot of different places. And, you know, it's good to see guys that have good weeks at practice translate to the game. Speaking of guys with work ethic, our Geico gladiator of the game is John Newsmith, three catches, 64 yards. That guy's not coming off the field much right now. No, he's not. And in the way that he's catching the football, he's attacking it. He's catching it out in front of his eyes. He's strong with the football. He's such a strong runner. I really love the design of the play and the execution, third and 15, you know, we throw him a five yard route. We keep him on the move, get great blocks on the, on the edge of the defense by FERC and Darius and Deion, you know, and then prove breaks, tackles and made guys miss, which was a huge key to the game, you know, going in. We had, we had stressed that native of Ocala, Florida wearing number 81. John Newsmith joins our Amy Wells for our Geico gladiator of the game feature. After reviewing the play, the runner lost the ball prior to crossing the ball. It was a pure recovery by the defense. I can touch that. Jonu, as you're watching the final seconds of the Titans game against the Chargers from the sideline, what is going through your mind? Just faith, you know, faith in my God's, you know, we're going to get it done. You know, that was, you know, man, I was thrilling. That was still in the seat. You know, I'm just thankful I'm a part of this team. I got to experience some of the school stuff. How beneficial is it to you that you are able to stand on the sidelines and have that faith knowing that the other guys on your team are going to do their job and make the plays that need to happen? We're brotherhood, you know, we trust in each other. You know, we hold each other accountable. You know, everybody, you know, has their own job. And, you know, we have faith in each other. And when you put trust in, you know, your brother, it makes him want to go out there and play, you know, plays behind all for you. So that's what they did yesterday. And that's what we did, too. You have faith in your teammates. They also have faith in you. Early in the third quarter, third and 14, it's a short pass. You turn up field and go for 35 yards. Here comes the pressure. Quick throw in the middle. John O's Smith breaks out of a tackle, driving forward. 25, 30, 35, 40, 45. And down just short of midfield. What a play. John O's Smith. What is going through your brain when you make that first turn and take off? I got to get the first down, if not a touchdown. And that's all I was thinking. You know, break as many tackles as I can. Get up field, get north and south, you know, and that's what I did. You're asked to do a lot of things in this offense. Obviously, you're catching balls. You're a run blocker. You're a pass blocker. You're the man in motion. You're doing a lot of different things. How do you keep it all straight in your brain and do everything so effectively? Just confidence, knowing when you got to be at all times, you know, takes a lot of studying, you know, takes a lot of brains as well. But I can handle it and, you know, it's a cool job. You know, it's a cool gig. Blocking for a guy like Derek Henry. Be serious with me right now. Do you block extra hard for him just like in self-preservation so that he doesn't run over you? Honestly, block extra hard for anybody, you know what I mean? Any of those ball carries, any of those guys, you know, that has the ball in their hands. I don't care if it's an offensive lineman, you know what I mean? I'm going, you know, all out for, you know, for my guys. There's been a lot of conversation about Jeffrey Simmons coming back from an ACL injury. You also are coming back from ACL surgery. You had it less than a year ago. Does that give you a unique perspective on how impressive it is that he's back and making plays already? Yeah, it does, man. That guy's built different genetically, as you can see. He's a monster, man. And to see him come back, you know, that's a good feeling because I know what he went through. I know what he had to go through. I know what it takes and, you know, don't get it wrong. I'm built different too. So I was able to come back and, you know, make a good comeback and, you know, play at our level. Are you feeling 100% right now? I'm feeling 100%. I'm feeling 100% I am. Where does this team go from here? And especially this offense coming off of such an emotional victory. How do you kind of continue that momentum without letting the emotions from last week leap into the next week? Yeah, you got to enjoy these wins, man. You know, they're hard to get. So we're definitely going to enjoy this win. But it's a week-to-week league. And, you know, it's a business. And we got to take care of business. So, you know, whether we won or lost the week before, we just got to have a short-term memory and know that, you know, next week is a totally different week. Do you remember the last time the Tennessee Titans blocked a field goal and returned it for a touchdown? Well, it was 297 games ago, nearly 18 years to the day. It happened on October 21st, 2001. Detroit kicker Jason Hansen set to attempt a field goal with his team ahead 14-9 in the third quarter. Titans defensive tackle Henry Ford with the block and the ball is scooped up by Tennessee defensive back Donald Mitchell. Mitchell rambles 69 yards for a score that will propel the Titans to a 27-24 win over the Lions. That's the last time the Titans have returned to block field goal for a touchdown. If you've not been to a game at Nissan Stadium, you need to come see the Titans play. It is an incredible overall atmosphere. You can see the Titans play the Bucks this Sunday at noon. Tickets available at titansonline.com slash tickets. For some of that experience, we now give you some of the sounds of Sunday's game. Today, the Tennessee Titans seek a win over the Los Angeles Chargers. We pride time, man. We're trying to get it done today. So we're gonna come with it. We're gonna come with it, baby. See the needy. Rivers dropping. Floating it down the middle for Allen, tries to catch it one-handed. Ryan will not allow it. And Logan smacked him hard. Best second in the league. The staff gives it to Gordon Diddy. The Chargers have scored two touchdowns that have been wiped off. It was Casey who came up with it in the end zone. If this goes the Titans way, they win a miraculous game. After reviewing the play, the runner lost the ball. Sometimes you try to show them up, man. We had a blade of grass to play with. It was a tight history, man. You count on that. The National Football League experience in Nashville, very special at Nissan Stadium. Your guys came to play at the end when you had to have it. The fans brought it at the end when you had to have it. They did. They did. And we appreciate them. Third down, those critical downs down in the scoring zone, especially at the end of the game. You know, we're gonna play hard for them. We're gonna try to create as many explosive plays and exciting plays as we possibly can. For our fans, our players feed off their energy. We try to deliver the energy for our fans and receive it in return. That was a day you will never forget. If you were at Nissan Stadium, hopefully you'll be there this Sunday when the Titans take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. When we come back, Mike Vrables keys to success against the Bucs. That's next on the Mike Vrables show. The opponents, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on their way to town. Titans trying to get to four and four with a second straight win. Let's take a look at Mike Vrables' keys to success. And we began with pass defense. They're throwing the football. They're throwing for almost 300 yards a game. You know, we have to continue to, you know, combine the pressure with the coverage. They've given up 25 sacks. You know, we have to continue that trend. We have to affect the quarterback. We have to get on Evans. You know, we have to hit plan for these guys. These guys are elite receivers. Godwin, very productive guys. I think they both each have 51 targets each. That's a lot of targets through six games. Red zone, obviously going to be a factor in this one for both the Titans offense and defense. Yeah, it's somewhere, you know, hopefully we can take advantage of it. They've been giving up some points right now. That hasn't been something that's been a strength of theirs. We have to try to continue where we left off last week in the red zone three for three. And again, they're scoring points. You know, they're scoring a bunch of points. They're almost scoring 30 points a game. So we're going to have to be great down there in the red zone on both sides of the football. Finally, Tampa, the number one run defense in the league, Titans still have to be able to run the football. Yeah, I mean, you have to. You have to stay balanced. And it's going to be a huge challenge and a great test for us to be able to try to run the football, to create some balance, to create some opportunities, to throw the football. And also, you know, that's the way we get our guys involved. And they're really good at stopping the run. And that's going to be something that we're going to have to practice hard at. Tampa's defensive coordinator, Todd Bowles, outstanding. Very good football coach understands defense. And historically, he's given a lot of offenses some problems. Let's get another win on Sunday. OK. All right, let's see those Titans fans there at Nissan Stadium. Reminder, tickets available at titansonline.com slash tickets. If you can't be there, make sure and listen on Titans Radio. Titans Countdown is on the air at 11 AM. And again, it is a noon kickoff. The Titans end the box. The last Sunday in October at Nissan Stadium. From Mike Vrable, Mike Keats says, good night,