 I have a belief that we'll respond the right way, that we have a bunch of men in that locker room who care for each other and want to win. You know, we find out what type of team we are. We use type of adversity, especially to start the year. I'm going to make sure I come into the building tomorrow with a lot of energy, a lot of juice, a lot of positive energy. Be critical of yourself. Be loud and sweet each and every day. We'll find a way to make the corrections. Come to practice this week, prepare and go out to Seattle and win one game. Welcome to Titans Blitz. I'm Lance Smith, live here at Nissan Stadium. Thank you so much for joining us. I am by myself, which is kind of strange. For years past, this is our sixth season on the show. I've always been joined by my main man, the one and only Eddie George, who we all know in case you've been living under rock, is the head coach of the TSU football team. So look, the guy's busy. And you know, we can't really, we can't fill a seat like Eddie's because Eddie George, well, I mean, that guy's like the heart and soul of this franchise. Let's do it. Eddie. Eddie. Eddie. See, that sound goes everywhere in this town. I guarantee you can hear it right now. He's waking up somewhere from a nap just because he did that. We love you, Eddie. We wish you the best in all your endeavors outside the Titans Blitz and outside the stadium. And we hope you do extremely well with TSU, and I'm sure you will. And the seat, by the way, is always yours. And so we'll see you again sometime. But this season, well, we're going to have a revolving door of people, people you know, and maybe some people you're just getting to know. So still the same Titans Blitz. We're going to have a little fun with it. But joining us and filling this seat tonight is a guy that, well, many of you heard Sunday at the stadium. In fact, this guy, well, he worked really hard to get where he's at. And, well, we've got a video of how he got this particular job. Check this out. By the way, it's okay for him to cry as long as it's a victory cry. Eighth environment. This place rocks. Matt Rogers. Oh, so good to see you. It's good to see you, man. All right, so dude, you're here. The game was Sunday. We'll talk about the game in a minute. But let's, the environment, the brand, I mean, you're a fan first, just like me. Yes. So now you're here. I mean, like, I got to know you sitting out here. Yep. So how you feeling? I'm feeling great. It's still impossible for me to not watch that and get choked up. I tried to lose a little weight since that. I hope it's working out, but, you know, You look good, sir. Okay, good. You look good. No, but it's awesome. Like, you know, I was a fan first. My first football team when I was seven years old and I played Pop Warner was the Oilers. And that's, you know, being on the West Coast, that's how I became an Oiler fan. Yeah. So when they came to Tennessee, I followed them as a Titan. So then when I came to Tennessee, I was a season ticket holder and I've been at the Blitz a handful of times and met you, which, by the way, you were always so cool to me and my kids. And I appreciate that. Aw, man. Is Lance not great or what? Like, seriously. I'll pay you later. No, seriously. Like, it's awesome. So to be on here now with you, it's real, like, it's an honor. Like, I don't take it for granted. Well, dude, it's an honor to have you here. You know, you beat out hundreds of people to get the job. We heard you at your first regular season game on Sunday. You killed it. Love having your voice in the stadium. And since you are a fan and you know the game and love the game like we do, let's get to this game that was. And let's do some hot takes with Matt right here and talk about our week one game against the Arizona Cardinals. Some of you are trying to forget it already and I don't know why. Perhaps it's the final score. Let it go. Moving on. Let's talk about the positives. First of all, as a fan, as we're fans, as you guys know, look, people back in the stadium, right? Yes. That environment from the get go was hot. How did you feel in that moment? I mean, just soaking it up and seeing us back. And that was especially with the beautiful 9-11 tribute that we had. It felt unbelievable. I gotta tell you, there was a moment. It was about five minutes before I made my very first announcement. And my boss, David's like, OK, five minutes. I'm going to go do something. And I was by myself, which is kind of odd. And dude, I got this moment where I got choked up. And I started crying. I had to do one of those things. Like, oh, I'm not crying. I got to get ready. Because I'm looking out and I'm like, look at where I'm at. Life can change like that. Like in a second, I went from out there to in here. And I'm like, look at this. And there's 65,000 people going crazy. And the flags are out there. And it's the day after 9-11. And the anthem was something I've never seen before. And I lost it on the anthem. No, look, the moment was there. I did, too. That anthem killed me. And then we had to come together and play this game. And once it got started, though, it's so funny how football works. We've been out for so long dealing with COVID all last year. And now we have people back in the house and this game is being played. And before you know it, we're down early, quick. And we're watching it unfold. And it's tough. But I got to say, I'm still looking at the splashes because you let this stuff go. Vrable wants to let this stuff go. But I want to focus on, I mean, how excited we go. And AJ Brown gets hot in the game. And I know we're down, but with this whole time, we are the Titans and we always come back from these things. You know there's always a chance. Look at this guy. And he's playing on the field with Julio, who did not go off as we would want him to. But it's there, right? And what a lot of people forget. And of course, you look at the scoreboard and you're at the game you saw. I mean, we have eyes. We saw what happened. But they say football is a game of inches. But it's also a game of opportunities like this. Just, you know, play what ifs for me for 30 seconds. What if we would have made the extra point? What if we would have made the field go before half? Right. Then we're down 24-10 at half. Right. Bayard gets the pick. We score. Now we're only down 24-17. It changes the whole game. And then what if Dupree would have sacked Murray right before that completion would change the game. Yeah. Now the sudden we're getting the ball back 24-17. Like, it's a different game. And that's what people don't talk about. So yeah, I know the score didn't show, but we were right there. We were right there. And we will be right there all season. I know it because we have the talent. We have the team. Ladies and gentlemen, our new PA, Matt Rogers. Right here. We'll see you later on in the season. We'll be hearing from you. I'll see you later in the show. There were memorable moments. And right now we're going to go to break. We got more Titans Blitz on the other side. But right now here are some Nissan memorable moments. Stick around. We'll be right back. Murray in the shot good. Takes the snap. Has time. Now feeling some pressure. Blush to his left. Throws back shoulder. Intercepted fire. 45-40. Fire to the 35. Fired is going to be taken down by Williamson Edmunds. Tana Hill in the gun. Looking, throwing in the end zone for Brown. Touchdown. That was really good, guys. Like, in unison. Welcome back to the Titans Blitz. I'm Lance Smith. Still introducing you to a relatively new cast of characters here at the Titans family. My next guest, well, he went viral, big time viral. And it sort of really launched his career. You might remember this clip right here of him having a conversation with his son. Check this out. Mr. Grant finale of this. The finalist? Yeah, that's the last one. The finalist? The finalist. That's what I was wondering. I don't know what they're going to do next season, because they did some stuff this time. The finalist? Exactly what I was thinking. The finalist. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Don't break that again. You know what I'm saying? Don't do the same stuff. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. I love that clip so much. Ladies and gentlemen, that is DJ Pryor. This is DJ Pryor right here. How much you've grown up since being that little sitting next to your dad? Oh, you're the dad. Right. Oh, no, no. So, so DJ is here. You're from Clarksville? Yeah. Well, originally from Virginia. Yeah. You know, Clarksville. Yeah. I've been doing this for a while. That thing launched you, man. Yeah. And now you're a comic and... Yeah. Yeah. I've been doing stand-up actually now. This is my 18th year of doing stand-up comedy. I started when I was... You were two? Yeah. 14, 15, yeah. And now things... It took my son to do what I've been trying to do for 18 years. Oh, is there some, like, bitterness there? Yeah, a little bit. Is he always looking for a cut? Yeah, because he's always, like, reminding me that he's the star and I don't really like that, you know, yeah. That's not cool. Well, another reason you guys might know DJ Pryor here, have you guys seen the, what do you call it, work video? Yeah, the work video. The new Titans image video. Yes. I mean, DJ is all over that thing. There he is right there. Woo! Love this clip. Love it. They got going places. Yes. He's going places. So you get tapped to do this thing. Right. And instantly it's like, man, we gotta have you. You gotta have, yeah. So how much film is that to shoot? That was great, man. We shot that in a total of, I think, four days. And it was great. When it came to me about it, they said we want you to be you and just have a good time. And anytime I get an excuse to be myself and have fun, I'm going to do it. Yeah. So it was great. It was great. And then to represent such an amazing franchise, like the Titans, that's dope. That's the honor. So that was great. No, it is. Well, it's funny because, you know, not only that, so DJ told us something that really blew our minds. You had never been to a professional football game. Never. Ever. Never. And it was so much fun. It was so much fun. I can't, I can't describe the emotion and the feeling. I was like a little kid. I was like everything. I was like, dude. He's really excited. So basically, basically we wanted to capture that and we did and we're going to make him do it all year now. Here's DJ Pryor and all tightened up. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. I do love your head, Hit smoking. First game. DJ, what did it blow your mind the massive experience? It was great man. I just like I said, the video doesn't even tell the half of the story. There was one time we almost got kicked out. They didn't capture that. We almost got kicked out But it was great. It was great. We didn't get kicked out. We loved it. It happens to me every game. Right. Yeah. No, I completely get that. We're going to have DJ all over the stadium for every home game this season, so if you see this guy, give him the business. We'll be seeing you more during the season. All right. DJ, thank you so much. You guys have got more Titan splits. And it's time for what is sure to be everyone's favorite segment on any TV show, the Titans trivia gauntlet. Let's hear it. We spent a lot of money on that. Okay. Here's how it works. Got a trivia game here being played between Mike from Nashville and Chris from Jolton. Chris, how are you doing? I like that jersey. Thanks, sir. Doing pretty good. I think the kid's called the drip. The drip? Or drip. A drip. I'm dripping all day. Something like that. You're looking pretty swag too. My kids, this is the way they talk to me. Mike, and you're from Nashville? Yes, sir. Born and raised, baby. Born and raised. Okay. And you guys are just lifelong Titans fans, I think. Up for grabs tonight. A signed mini helmet. I won't tell you by who until the end of the game so it doesn't get vicious out here. You ready to play this game? Awesome. Let's do it. Mike, you might have a chance to steal. Here we go. Play along at home if you want to. You get no prizes, but you can brag to somebody. Question number one, Chris, which former Titans player was popularly known as the freak? I will make fun of you if you get this wrong, by the way. The Javon Curse, Eddie George, Steve McNair, or Kyle Vandenbosch. That would be Javon Curse. That would be Javon Curse. Of course it would. So one point to you, sir. Very good. Mike, do you see how we play this game? Yours might not be so easy. Next question. Question number two. What was Mike Vrabel's first season as Titan's head coach? Was that 2016, 2017, 2018, or 2019? Go with 2017. 2017 is incorrect. That's the buzzer sound. You have a chance to steal, Chris. That would be, I'm going to say, 2016. 2016 is also incorrect. Wow. Missed out when the correct answer is 2018. It's 2018. But he feels like he's been here for a while, right? Yeah. He's Uncle Mike. We know the guy. All right. Next question. Moving on. Mike, we're going to go to you right here. Actually, Chris. Okay. Still you, isn't it? Who has the most career of receiving yards in franchise Titan's era? Frank Wiecek. Derek Mason. AJ Brown. Or Kevin Dyson. That would be Derek Mason. Mike, you know how many? No. That's a really tough question. That is correct. Correct. It's actually 6,114 yards as a Titans Euler. Okay. Here we go. Next question for you, Mike. In which Tennessee town was Titans general manager John Robinson raised? He's a Tennessee guy. Multiple choice. Union City. Columbia, Tennessee. Clarksville. Or Johnson City? Ooh. I want to say Johnson City. You want to say Johnson City? You want to say Johnson City? Now let's go with Union City. You want to say Union City? What did your heart say? Johnson City. What does your brain say? Johnson City. What should it be listened to? Apparently not that. Chris, what do you say? I will say Union City. Union City is the correct answer. We are going to meet last question now. It is a bonus question. Let's see if you can get on the board here. You'll both have a chance to answer it. Here you go. How wide is a standard NFL crossbar? Is it 10 feet? 18 feet. 6 inches. 24 feet. 8 inches. Or 36 feet. You both get a chance to answer. Mike, go first. I want to go with... 18-6. 18-6. And Chris, what do you say? I guess I'm going with 24. You are going to go with 24-8. That's two points to my man Mike right here. But that is the final score of the game. But that gives Chris 3. Mike 2. Congratulations, Chris. You are the winner and it is signed by none other than Jeffrey Simmons. The crowd is still pumped. The season is underway. Something very cool for a great cause is happening here at Nissan Stadium tomorrow night. So make sure you go to NissanStadium.com to get tickets to Waverly Central playing White House, high school game. And you get these tickets for free. So come out and support these schools, especially the Waverly Tigers. Of course, Waverly, Devastated by the Flash Flood, their stadium, everything ruined and the Titans or Nissan Stadium is hosting the event here. It's very cool. I mean, to be a high school kid playing in a pro stadium. Dream come true. Yeah. So tomorrow night, NissanStadium.com for tickets, 7 p.m. tomorrow night. Come, it's free. It's a great night. Matt Rodgers, good to have you back, our in-state announcement. Have you been announcing throughout the house and annoying your wife? A hundred percent. I do it before. Yeah. You've been grown. No, I just I'm still married. So it's working out. Real quick, we got to go in, like, 30 seconds. Look, man, the season's underway. I'm pumped. I know you are. Got a game in Seattle. It's tough, right? Very tough. But we've seen it already. I mean, it's Russell Wilson. And I mean, it's like it's Colin Murray, Oliver again. Yes, Titans do very well in the hard games and somehow sometimes the easy ones slip away, but I feel confident. I really do. I'm not just We are back. How's it feel, huh? Yeah!