 access. He never gave up on the play and it resulted in his first career touchdown. Dave McGinnis breaks down the efforts of Traylin Burks. He never gave up on the grind and now he's a part of a stout Titans defensive line. Learn more about Thierre Tart's journey to the music city. Plus he never gave up after an early offseason injury sidelined him for five months as a rookie kicker. Caleb Shudack makes his NFL debut. All of that and plenty more right now on Titans All Access. Franchise record for touchdown for the king. He's gonna be 7-7. Welcome to the Bed MGM studio and Titans All Access with Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith and general manager John Robinson is already here. We're gonna be talking ball presented by Duncan and what we're talking about is December ball. The calendar has turned to December and when December arrives John your Titans team since you've been GM have taken it to a different level to play well in December for the Titans. What are you gonna need to see? Well I think that's the time of the year this is the time of year Mike when we you know we lean in to kind of what we fundamentally believe in it's playing a tough style of football you know it's a little colder out those hits sting a little bit more so you try to put a little extra you know when you're trying to you know get a guy on the ground as a tackler or block a guy to get the run game going or protect the pass. I think that's kind of what we try to do this time of year lean into that mindset more than anything. Titans fans are buzzing about rookie wide-out Traylon Burks and his statistics have been pretty great but beyond that what is sticking out to you about him and his play? Well I think it's it's really the work ethic I mean you saw that in the Cincinnati game him hustling downfield to recover the ball in the end zone for a touchdown we've seen that in practice just the you know the relentless effort play in and play out trying to get the timing down with Ryan getting his landmarks down in the passing game working on his angles in the run game to make sure it gets his guy blocked it's really the effort that he's put in that's really starting to pay off for him. Your first December opponent Philadelphia their quarterback Jalen Hurts last Sunday night set a franchise record for rushing yards when it comes to defending a quarterback like Jalen Hurts where do you start? It's hard you know it's he's he's having an outstanding year he's really got a unique skill set as a dual threat player you know you saw it in that game he's able to make yards running the football he's really good with the ball in his hand he's elusive he's fast and he's good throwing it too you know he's almost 70% completion rate he's got weapons to throw too so he's a dangerous player right now. Now Mike took the low hanging fruit because everybody talks about Philadelphia's offense but their defense has actually been ranked higher throughout the season what makes them so good? Well I think it all starts up front you know they've got a lot of guys on that line you know start with Fletcher Cox who's been you know his entire career there him and Hargrave are playing really well in the interior the defensive line they just added Limble Joseph and Sue in there two bigger guys that have played a lot of football Williams the draft pick from a couple years ago out of La Tech he's a quick active player who's really playing well they rotate those guys on the edge you know they signed Redick in the offseason the signed Redick as off as a pass rusher Sweat's having a good year they traded for Robert Quinn and they've got two great corners in Slay and Bradbury on the outside that firm up the coverage. Philadelphia's 10 and 1 and they've gotten a ton of national publicity so we've heard over and over again about all their stars when you watch them on tape though what do you need to talk about about the Philadelphia Eagles that isn't discussed enough? Well I think it's the multifaceted components that they're using on offense and on defense there's different personnel groupings they're getting to the same type of plays but doing it with different people on offense and defensively it's different packages with this player kind of playing the same position that the other guy played but they're changing it up a little bit. Howie Roseman's done a great job of assembling that team there and coach Sirianni in his second year has got him really playing well. The Titans have won plenty of big road games like this one what's going to be the key to leaving Philadelphia with a win on Sunday? Well it's another tough road environment when you know we saw it in Green Bay those fans up there the Eagles fans they're really passionate about their ball team and you know we've got to go in there and play our style of football we got to be sound on offense and defense I got to get the run game going on offense let the play pass build off that handle the front which we talked about and defensively it's about containing this rushing attack whether it's Hertz, Miles Sanders at front and back, Gainwell is playing well for them, AJ at receiver, Smitty at receiver they've got a big veteran offensive line that likes to lean on you we got to get off blocks and make plays and come away handling that road environment playing the way we want to play. That would be the right way to start December football is to get a win there. Absolutely Mike. Well thank you for kicking us off. Enjoyed it. John Robinson talking ball with us presented by Duncan when we come back well we've got a lot that we're going to be doing. Amy will visit with Thierre Tartt later in the program he's a Philadelphia native but up next coach Dave Beguiness goes beneath the surface to show us some of the X plays from last week's game. Stay tuned. Welcome back to Titans All Access from the Bet MGM Studio. Last Sunday did not go exactly as the Tennessee Titans had hoped didn't go that way at all really but there were a few positives like in the passing game the Titans continue to make progress throwing the ball down the field as Ryan Tannehill completes his third game back from injury the passing game expands. Absolutely and that results in some pretty big plays for the Titans offense so we had to bring in coach Mack to break all of it down. Here he is in this week's Beneath the Surface talking big plays. Hey guys coach Mack here with this week's Beneath the Surface powered by Microsoft Surface beginning now. Today we're going to look at two NWI plays one Derek Henry big run on the screen and Traylon Burks nice ending for a touchdown and Traylon Burks on a combat catch. First play we're looking at third nine from the 40 yard line first quarter Titans are 11 personnel three by one bingles are in a five man front they got two mugged up players from the defensive right side ends up being a three man rush they start out in a two high shell then they have a high hole robber that drops down Westbrook runs the scene in a dagger concept three deep scene buster plus 25 yards for NWI first down Titans five man protection versus this four man rush center slides left perfect pocket for Tannehill to throw from next play we're looking at first and 10 of the 26 yard line second quarter scores now three three this is 13 personnel three Titans one wide one back five man defensive front chick goes in yo-yo motion they're gonna rush five three under three deep coverage off of the play action kind of a half boot away perfectly set up screen brewer and Davis get out front Austin Hooper releases transcontinental to block the post safety missed tackle by DJ Reader coming from inside out Henry is off to the goal line Burks is running a clear out goes to the ground attempting to block the corner deep down the field but great second effort gets up pursues the ball it's punched out from behind by number 29 Cam Taylor Britt but Burks alertly recovers in the end zone Titans touchdown our third play first and 10 on the 25 the scores now 10 10 Titans are an 11 personnel which is three wide one tight one back Bengals are gonna give us a four man rush with a two high shell they got a drop down safety to make it four under three deep zone NWI runs an excellent spacing round finds the dead spot in the zone for a 20 yard completion and a Titans first down at this four man rush the center works to the right this time excellent clean cylinder for Tannehill to throw from resulting in the first down our final play is first and 10 to 35 in the third quarter this is 11 personnel now you can see the Titans are in condensed splits which means they're closer to the tackle box number two Robert Woods goes in fly motion across the center trailing Burks is the X receiver in a numbers minus three split it's a play action Tannehill moves the safety with his eyes gets the safety to bite up leaving Burks one on one up with the corner runs a perfect deep post and defeats the corner on a textbook combat catch for 51 yards and a big Jeff celebration at the big plays also known as X plays exactly what the Titans are gonna need against the Eagles on Sunday but on the other side the Titans defense does not need to allow Philadelphia those big plays when we come back Amy Wells sits down with one of the guys who's gonna try to stop him from moving the football and making big plays big tear Tart talks about his journey from Philadelphia to Nashville in our Nissan insider welcome back to Titans all access time now for our Nissan insider and this is a native Philadelphia tear Tart on the season he has 13 solo tackles and has one of the most spectacular plays of the year his interception in October at Indianapolis tear Tart's route to the NFL circuitous at best as Amy Wells finds out it took a lot of work and a lot of travel to get the big man to music city tear Tart I want to start at the very beginning like all the way back at the beginning of your career like when you were in high school started the beginning how many kids are in your family that's a ton what's it like growing up in a family with that many people running around all the time everything is competition so I mean I just feel like it's all everything's always competitive who could get to the food first you know who's the best at video games who's the best at basketball so for me it was always just competitive and just trying to keep up with my older siblings because you're on the lower end I'm the second the youngest oh so yeah you've got a ton of people to compete with and really start to I mean you probably are good at a lot of things because of that right I mean I definitely played a couple different sports growing up put a little baseball definitely basketball actually did track and shot put in a lacrosse in high school you played lacrosse in high school yeah you don't you don't strike me as a lacrosse dude you're pretty big I wouldn't go now do you try to score goals that wasn't your your job crunching people so you're playing basketball and you end up having an encounter that kind of changes the course of your life how did you actually end up playing football I mean so I was out there playing basketball with my brother department and the coach from West Philly saw me and asked me that I want to try out for the football team and you know I just it's just something I wanted to try at the time you know what and I actually went out there I did the summer and I actually want to really like in the sport so you get to Florida International you play there for two seasons and it seems like it's a really good fit for you what was it about that school that everything kind of clicked for you I mean I think FIU definitely tested me in a lot of ways to see how bad I wanted it to see how bad I wanted to wanted to take it make football career at what point in your life did you decide that football was your career like this is something I'm gonna do I mean I think definitely like when I first got here I just thought you know because I'm not in college you know going through high school every question everybody goal is to make it to the NFL I want to be a part of the NFL but you got to be realistic with you so like I was being realistic I was like it's like 1% of the world gets to play in the NFL or less than 1% and I just thought to myself I mean I want to be realistic so I just hope that I had an opportunity to play in the NFL and you know when I got here after my first season it was what it was and my second season I felt like I definitely took a step forward you ended up especially here with the Tennessee Titans you ended up with a team where you've got a head coach that says I don't care how you got here I don't care about your back story I just want to know what you can do on the field today is that something that's motivating to you that it's about what you're doing right now yeah for sure because like I said you know coming from a smaller school you don't get as many opportunities come from bigger schools or and then undrafted obviously but once you get out there that's that's why that's who you are that's what you do that's how you contribute to the team and I knew and I felt like if I got the opportunity to show what I can do I mean I would have a good fear of chance to be here was there a better opportunity for you to show what you can do ever in your life than the moment right before the interception against the Indianapolis Colts and it's not I think that was a really good opportunity because a lot of people didn't know a big boy could move like that so I got a little sticky for him but I know your teammates had thoughts as it pertain to your overall performance in that interception maybe some form issues maybe some technical constructive criticism what kind of response did you get from your teammates after that play I definitely got some jokes about doing deep moves on my head but other than that it was pretty cool other than the high point since that moment there's been a lot of football there's still a lot of football left to go in the season as well how do you build on something like that you just keep working keep finding little things to improve on you watch yourself on film you find out like you know you just find little ways to improve through that you know so I mean that's how I feel like I could build on it honestly just trying to find little ways to keep improving what do you like about playing for this Tennessee Titans team I mean I like it all I mean I like everybody everybody in the staff you know everybody such great people it's such a great energy great feel here you know I really enjoy the the players too you know they really try to make it feel like a family environment for me good stuff from AB Wells with Pierre Tart there and the Nissan Insider Amy's gonna be back when we returned with more Titans all access to recap to historic Titans victories in Philadelphia can they make it three this weekend welcome back to Titans all access it is time for the Hughes and Coleman decision of the week and Mike I think we need to talk kicking okay Randy Bullock has been struggling with a bit of an injury so the Titans made the decision to elevate Caleb Shudack from the physically unable to perform less a rookie who had never kicked in Nissan Stadium and he played on a rather windy day was that a good decision I think it was I think Shudack did fine you know he actually was injured on June the 7th so he had not practiced with the team in five months which means he had never kicked in a game at Nissan Stadium and overall he did well he made three of his four field goals he made an extra point he had four touchbacks in five kickoffs I thought for his first time the Iowa graduate did a good job I thought it was a good decision also interesting note on Caleb Shudack I went to our ace researcher Dwight Spradlin I asked him at 5 7 1 77 is Caleb Shudack the smallest Tennessee Titan of the last 25 years the thought is yes we could come up with only two players who were 5 7 Cal Fani Muhammad a running back and Dalen Dawkins a running back but they were both heavier than 177 pounds when you saw Shudack out there in the ball game you're like that dude is small but he is mighty with the foot and he kicked it well for the Titans good job by 25 year old Caleb Shudack my Keith you have a tremendous amount of information in your brain scary isn't it it's a little alarming about kickers yeah it's a little alarming but I think we could make it useful in this moment okay do you have any good memories of Titans Eagles games of the past well I have good memories about the results and in 2000 a kicker who I liked very much Aldell Greco made a fifth field goal on the day this one of 50 yards to lift the Titans to a win over the Eagles at the old vet 15 to 13 it's the coldest I have ever been in a press box oh they knew they were getting rid of the stadium so there was no heat it was just brutal and then 2006 we go to Lincoln financial field for the first time Titans and the Eagles Titans are two and seven and Tennessee wins in a major upset with Vince Young Travis Henry Keith Bullock and several others making big plays in the game it started a six game win streak which nearly got the Titans into the playoffs so the Titans do have some decent mojo as they head into Philadelphia this weekend they've won there before they've won there as an underdog and maybe just maybe they'll get a third win in Philly this weekend a lot of information in that brain might you don't apologize for being smart well I don't know if that's smart but kicker knowledge and Titans knowledge check check I think that's good we got to take a break let's do it just refresh your brain but on the other side we're going to have your Titans game ticket you don't want to miss all the information about the Titans in the Eagles Sunday in Philadelphia time now for your Titans game ticket all the information you need to know about Sunday's contest here once again Amy Wells well Mike the Tennessee Titans are heading on the road to take on the 10 and 1 Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia is coming off of a Sunday night win 40 to 33 over the Green Bay Packers quarterback Jalen Hurts set a franchise rushing record with 157 yards when he's not running the ball he's got plenty of targets to choose from including AJ Brown and Devonte Smith and Miles Sanders and many many more the Eagles are sound on the defense inside the ball as well with big plays from Darius Slay Josh Sweat Hasan Redick and so many more number four in the league in total offense number two in the league in total defense the Philadelphia Eagles number one in turnover ratio yeah but not number one in our hearts that's the Tennessee Titans nicely done we're on the air on Titans radio with the radio broadcast which of course explains why I said Titans radio at 11 a.m. central Amy Wells and Rhett Bryan with Titans countdown kickoff at 1202 central the Titans and the Eagles from Lincoln financial field also reminds you that next Wednesday December 7th at noon go to Tennessee Titans dot com and watch us present the 2022 Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Award winners gonna be exciting 30 finalist 10 winners the best high school players in the state next Wednesday coming up at noon central time will be streaming it live at Tennessee Titans dot com the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football that's great that oh it's my favorite coming all right hopefully it's coming up yes for Amy Wells I'm Mike Keith thanking you for joining us for Titans all access and we'll see you next time it's an honor for us to be Nashville's he's a 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