 First guest, Cal's team. We by week, baby, the chance to go two in them. All right, enough. To the Titans Blitz presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans, I'm Lance Smith, hanging out with my man, Eddie George. Good to see you again, sir. Good seeing you, my man. Coming off that win. Yeah, that's why I'm dressed up, man. I was inspired by Derek Henry's suit, and the guys look sharp, so you know what? Let me dig in the closet to see what old boy can get off. You look sharp, sir. I appreciate it, man. Also looking sharp, our Titans Blitz Lounge folks, this is section 142, or a good portion of section 142, I should say, hanging out with us. Make some noise, y'all. That's game day noise right there. Section 142 hanging out with us. So let me ask, who is, I guess, the most tenured? Who's been season ticket members the longest? We were talking before, was it Jan and Mike? Yeah? How long? Day one. Day oneers of Day One's. Shout out to the Day One's, yes. And how many games have you missed? One game. That's unbelievable. This Sunday's gonna be crazy. All right, guys, Titans Blitz, Blitz Lounge will be hanging out with us. Thank you for being with us. Thank you for being with us in your lounge. It's time to kick off the show and do what we do. And right now it's time for Four Downs with Eddie, presented by Corson Fire and Security. Eddie, what a game. First of all, first down, ugly. But an ugly win is still a win. I hear that. I don't care. There's beauty in that ugly. And that's a W. There's no such thing as an ugly win. In this league, wins are tough to come by. You take them as they come. And for this team to go on the road, given the circumstances, no fans in the crowd, no energy. You know how difficult that is? That's very hard to do all that Monday night. Doesn't really feel like pre-season, hardly in off-season. Listen, they got the W the hard way. So that's a sign of a mature football team for me. And this was Tana Hill's taking of the team. He owns it from day one. And he played lights out football. He threw it up a lot. 43 attempts. It was 29 and 43, 249, a couple of touchdowns, but very much in control. But yeah, it was a little slow to start with. Henry doesn't get to the end zone, but puts up 116 yards. That's what you want. 31 carries, 116. It didn't look like he had much of an impact. But that play action opened up a lot. So without the football, you see with his impact in the run game, in the passing game. So you knew they were going to gear it up to stop. They don't want to be embarrassed with the stiff arm and all of that. So you still got 116. I'll say the team, from my perspective, armchair quarterback that I am, it just a little slow off the start, a little slow with the run blocking. Hey, what we said, it's first game, no pre-season. But they brought it when they needed it. Three minute drive to close out the game, 83 yards, 12 plays to go ahead, even with all the miscues. That drive was like, oh, oh, oh, right, right, right. We're the Tennessee Titans. Right, and they went to a place where they lost last year when the tide turned a little bit for them when they went on their run. So a lot of those ghosts can come up for you like, oh, there's always next week, or we're not playing well, we're just not in sync. But they fought their way through it and found a way to make it happen. Yeah, well, one of the big ways to make it happen, we were talking about Tannehill's game, the receivers were stepping up, moving on to the second down right here. Corey Davis got himself a game ball, earned it. Love it. Earned it. He had eight targets, caught seven of them, got over 100 yards. And people, I had heard his name a lot on radio, talk shows and whatnot, just because A.J. Brown's getting all the attention. But I mean, Corey Davis was the number one pick for us for a reason, he showed it. Yeah, he showed it. He's showing it across the middle. He's showing it in terms of possession. That nice stiff arm at the end to take a page out of Derek Kenby right there. But it's also a year where he's looking for contract here. So he's playing with the incentive, not that he's motivated strictly by that, but he's a great piece to have in that offense. Like, gosh, A.J. Brown, we got another guy, Humphries, we got Derek Kenby, we got Johnny Smith. So he's another weapon you can rely on. And that's the beautiful thing that he had a 100 yard game, the hard way, possessions. It was just a beautiful thing to watch. You know, you mentioned Humphries. You know, we got him last year for this cut, for what he did in this game. And it's that clutch third down. You need 10 yards, he's gonna get you 11. He had some clutch grabs in this game and kept drives alive. And it was nice to see these weapons on display. Yes, it really was. And Art Smith, I mean, he just knew how to dial it up. He's got a great fit hold on this offense. The pieces, the parts and how to manipulate the defense. And I think this offense is really gonna be good once they get revved up in the middle of the season. Yeah, it was fun. They got revved up in the fourth quarter. I was certainly revved up for sure. I know you were. Third down right here, defense, baby. Defense, defense, defense. They stood strong. We'll start with, I don't know, Kevin Byard forcing the fumble. Yeah, he's just a turnover, man. That dude, listen, he's probably gonna go down as one of the greatest titles to ever play the game because of that. You know, whether it's interceptions, causing fumbles, a great leader in the locker room, just a consummate professional. And the defense of line was down. Simmons, big play on fourth down. You saw how David Clowney impact. Impact in the game. Not in shape yet. No? But he still was in. You saw the effect right away. Saw the effect right away. Saw the effect right away. Well, moving on to fourth down real quick. The areas where we need improvement. I mean, everybody in the brother's gonna tell you it's a kicking game right now. But Vrable had confidence in him enough to go to him at the end. He said he's a pro, you can get this. Yeah, I mean, he's a future Hall of Famer, in my opinion. Coming off of an injury, didn't have a preseason to work out the kinks, to get in rhythm in real game time. If you saw, like, just any for a golfer, you saw him get the yips a little bit. But when it counted, he came through and I told my wife, I said, once he missed that last field goal 13-7, I said Denver scores here, he's gonna kick the game when he field goal. He's gonna do it, you called it. I called it. I'm gonna tweet it to say, like, I'm Nostradamus, but it was set up that way. Real quick, talk about emotions. That would be the sort of other thing, maybe even added improvement for, look, Rashawn Evans is a total pro. Beast. I love the guy, he's a beast, but not having those preseason games to knock heads with other teams and to really get involved. I mean, this is early in the game. The emotions got the best of Rashawn. And you love to have your guys, especially the play call of your defense, be that spirited, be that guy. I made a poor decision by swinging on him, but I get it, you're in the heat of the battle, you're ready to rock and roll, and he got caught up into it. So he's gonna learn from those mistakes, you know, channel that energy a little bit differently and just get him back when it counts. But I think he's learned a lesson, but he's still gonna be the heart of that defense. He absolutely is, and I love the fire that he brings, and I can't wait to see him bring it here, Nissan Stadium, Sunday taking all the Jags. Guys, you know, 15 minutes can save you 15% or more on your car insurance with that. We go to break with our guy, go fast, 15, stick around, be right back. Titans Blitz Labs, let me hear you. Hey, Titan, up. Ball's out, and I think the Titans have it. Simmons, the man who's there to recover it. Snap, set, kick. You see what you're made of when you go through something tough. Steady rainfall. And yeah, it's been a tough year, but Tennesseans are built for this. Passed down through generations. We look for it. We like it that way. Tennessee tough. Titans Blitz, presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans, Lance and Eddie back with you. It's halftime here on the show, and you know, of course, we have a home game this Sunday, but without fans, which is gonna be so weird, especially for me, because I play games with the fans. I know, what are you gonna do? I mean, play games. I know you just antsy. You get so amped up when the fans are here. I won't sit still, basically. Anyway, we actually did, though, get to play a game anyway. A little beat the clock with my man, Rick, from section 142. Check this out. All right, so we're doing things a little different these days, obviously, and you know, I love to play games on the field. We can't do that this Sunday, but right now, I've gotta play this game anyway. I'm hanging out with my man, Rick Pontia. How are you doing, Rick? I'm good, how are you? I'm great, so we play academy sports and outdoors, beat the clock on the field. You've seen us play that, right? Yes, sir. You wanna play? Heck yeah. You got this, you got this, all right? We can still have some fun. Never mind COVID, we can still do this. All right, I'm gonna play a little beat the clock with you, so we're gonna put some time on the clock, and you have to guess the dollar amount to this prize. So right now, we're even bringing Duke in. Duke, tell him what he's bidding on. This giant size classic party game is the ultimate crowd. Pleaser stack up the Professor Puzzle Giant topping tower and try to pull out a piece from the middle or bottom and place it on top. Make sure you're not the one to topple the tower. Include 60 blocks that are made of strong and sturdy wood for hours of home gating fun. Okay, so there you go. So, Rick, you're actually not playing for that game. You're gonna play for a $100 gift certificate to academy sports and outdoors. All you gotta do is guess the dollar amount of that game. Can you do this? I can do that. All right, you're gonna guess the dollar amount. I'm gonna tell you higher or low. We'll dial you in. You got 20 seconds, 20 seconds on the clock. Here we go. Go. 50 dollars. Lower. 40 dollars. Lower. 30 dollars. Higher. 35. Higher. 36. Higher. 37. Higher. 38. Higher. 39. I think he nailed it. Ladies and gentlemen, Rick Consia. Congratulations, man. Outstanding. Listen to that crowd. Ooh. Oh, that's nice. Everybody tighten up. Just like we do on the field. All right, very, very nice, Rick. All right, we know that football, of course, runs deep in all of us, practically in our DNA. Recently, a long time, season ticket member Robert Bates tragically lost his life. Well, the Titans teamed up with academy sports and outdoors to honor Robert's life and help out Tracy and their three kids with a little homegating action. Check this out. Football season's here. Everybody's having to make adjustments. Tracy's husband passed fairly recently. He's a longtime Titans season ticket holder. So that's why we're here. It's to bring Titans fandom, everything that her husband lived for, just that sense of football season togetherness. We're bringing homegating to the Bates family. I've been thinking about you. Every day's a brand new place, bright city lights. I just want to see your face. Don't worry. But you don't need to worry. For Tracy to come here and then come back to the patio and feel, um, Rob again, will be really a special experience for her and for the kids to really just kind of keep his love alive. There's no place like home. But that doesn't change the impact that you and your teachers have on this community. Thank you so much for everything that you're doing and we're so grateful to have you on the Titans family. On behalf of academy sports and outdoors, this is our way of saying thank you for everything teachers do in our community. I've maybe been back in the backyard five times without him. So walking around that corner was hard for me today, but we did it and we did it with the help of you all. This was his doing to get me back here. And he has a hand on us every day and we can feel him. And I thank you very much. And this is one thing I think the girls and I really, really needed. And Lance and Eddie back with you hanging out with our Blitz Blitz lounge folks there. I can say that it is a two minute warning here on the show. We got to talk about this game coming up. It's our home opener fans. No fans. It's our home opener against the Jaguars. Whoo, hey, this team hates us. We hate them in a division rivalry. It's they lead the division technically right now because they beat the Colts. No love loss. Of course, you know that all the defensive players are looking at how Derek Henry has stiff armed them still stiff arm into this day. So it's going to be Healy battle here in Nissan Stadium on Sunday. Yeah. So, you know, Minshew, let's talk about this Gardner Minshew. He's, we wanted to laugh at him at first. But he's tough. He's a tough dude. He's a tough dude. He finds ways to make place. Just when you think like, he's not, he's undersized. He's not sexy enough. He, you know, he just makes it. The team is rallying around this guy. Rallying around him, but he makes throws when he has to. He does an exceptional job of leading an offense. And if you give the offense chances, he's going to make things happen for you. He has some valuable weapons that he's, he depends on in the passing game. He's not going to lie with eye popping numbers, but just enough plays to be like, man, he's in the scoring position again and again. So he's leaning on you. And he's just a competitor. And that's a tough guy to be sometimes. Well, and even though they're, of course, I'd say leading the division one weekend with what they've done. I mean, when you're an underdog like that, going up against that team that you hate, that always beats you. I mean, how much extra fire does that give you playing from experience? Oh yeah, absolutely. I mean, there are certain teams that you just know you can't wait. There's, there was Pittsburgh week for us. There was Baltimore week for us. Jacksonville week. And I'm pretty sure for Jacksonville, it's the Titans week because guess what? They're shooting for them. They won the AFC championship game last year. And I believe last year we split with this team, correct? Yeah, it was an unfortunate game in Jacksonville that seemed like a bit of a hiccup. And it was on the way to the change. So for Jacksonville, they're thinking, we beat them the last time we played them. So we got their number. So they're going to come in here with a little bit of confidence and a little, little, little attitude. Their defense is a problem. They have a really eye from what I watched at least week one and what I've seen they've added to the team. Their defense is a bit of a weapon. They shut down, they adjusted to and shut down Phillip Rivers in the cold. It was amazing because they were beating them. And I picked Indianapolis to beat Jacksonville. Thank everybody. Yeah, but for them to come back from behind and to find a way to win the game and you lose your best defensive player in Jalen Ramsey and your defense is still doing this. So it's almost like, hmm, addition by subtraction for this team. So it appears they got rid of their, you know, Leonard Fernet, Jalen Ramsey in the locker room has done this a little bit better. It's not too many superstars, but they're playing great team ball as of right now. That's what I was going to ask you because it seemed like their front office wanted to tank. It seemed like their front office was getting ready for a draft. Yeah. But when your front office is doing that, you guys in the locker rooms are the ones saying, well, it's up to us. Yeah. Does that add? I mean, you're not going to. Guess what? If you lose, then half of you guys won't be there next year anyway. Yeah. So it behooves you to go out and make it count. So I think that's what you're saying. These guys cannot be taken lightly. You have to take them seriously. I think they have the Titans attention this week. They should have the Titans attention. Absolutely. In fact, them beating the Colts is probably best for us because it makes us aware that, oh, yes, they still want to play some football. All right. Well, I still want to do a little bit more of the show. Blitz Lounge, you guys get yourselves limbered up. We're going to play a little game on the other side. Stick around. Titans Blitz will be right back. Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! Welcome back to the Titans Blitz presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. It is now overtime here on the show. Lance and Eddie hanging out with you. And the Blitz Lounge. This is section 142 here at Nissan Stadium. Unfortunately, you guys can't be here this Sunday, but we're going to have some fun right now. Listen, I'm sure you're going to be doing homegating as we're calling it. Homegating. I like that. Homegating. So right now, I want you guys, when I say go, you're going to get up. And I want you to go grab as many snacks, tailgating snacks as you can, and bring it back to your seat. Ready? Go! Oh, we've got cheaters. Christina was ahead of the call. Whole can here. Bob, you're still sitting there. You're just watching Cherry, just go. Oh, now you're helping out, Bob, just like he is at home. What's up with Cole? Cole's done. Cole's like, It's a wrap. Michael's like, I got one snack. That's good, that would be my one snack. We got three snacks for Christina. Jan and Mike have snacks and pom-poms. This is exciting. I've got a whole pot of fruit. Who brings fruit to a fruit? What are you doing? He should get the squall of popcorn. And we're done. We are done. Ricky. Ricky, I'm seeing Ricky in the middle. That's a lot of snacks. You win, congratulations. Yes. Penny, my man. Good to see you, my friend. Who brings the fruit? I don't know. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? Thanks for watching Titan Splits, y'all. See you next week. Titan up.