 from the cradle on this Titans all access coach Dave McGinnis explains how Khalif Raymond got so open twice at Minnesota fellow whiteout AJ Brown is this week's Nissan insider and we'll look at the big place from Tennessee's undefeated September all of that and more as Titans all access starts now the monster light of the two recent positives test that we had the NFL had made the smart and safe decision to postpone our game and that we would be on a bi-week starting now Mike Frable from Thursday morning after learning that COVID-19 has postponed the Titans home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers the Titans facing a new set of obstacles as October dawns and the NFL season continues we welcome you to Titans all access with Amy Wells I'm Mike Keith and we're joined right off the top of the show by Titans General Manager John Robinson and John to say the last few days have been a challenge for the Titans organization would be an understatement you're really having to draw on that resolve that we've seen out of your football team on the field in the first three games yeah it's obviously still 2020 and still throwing things our way but you know that's the makeup of our of our football team you know just working through the situation that we've been dealt now we do want to take a minute to talk about the Titans win over the Minnesota Vikings and I want to start with Steven Gostkowski because he made six field goals three in the second half from over 50 yards in the game winner of course was from 55 he's one of the best kickers in the NFL statistically but it seems as though he does even better when the game is on the line do you agree Steve obviously got off to a less than ideal start as he would admit to there in Denver but you know he's made a lot of big kicks in this league he's kicked in pressure situations and all those kicks Sunday versus Minnesota were big for us and I was proud for it and hopefully he is to kick more extra points than Phil goes moving forward Mike Vrabel said after the Minnesota game that he thought defensive tackle Jeffrey Simmons might have played his best game as a Titan what jumped out about what Jeffrey did against the Vikings certainly tough to block for four quarters you know whether it was you know on passing downs or rundowns you know I thought he disrupted the line of scrimmage he changed the line of scrimmage several times he got pressure on the quarterback on the interior of the pocket gave great chase down the line of scrimmage and in pursuit several times you know to help us get a stop so yeah it was what it was one of one of Jeffrey's better performances for sure now we're gonna talk about Khalif Raymond a little bit later with Dave McGinnis but I want to ask you about him as well because his first three catches have really shown off his explosiveness we see it in practice every day we saw you know we saw it last year in 2019 in a couple games Indian and Baltimore there were you know he can really stretch the field vertically and come up with those chunk plays there are those explosive plays and that was the case Sunday in Minnesota you know the coverage was it was right as a great call by Arthur a great throw by Tanya Hill but it was about Khalif getting separation from the defender and making a play on the football and those plays that he made were critical for us to get points in those drives next man up is always something the Titans are conscious of Tater LeWon goes down at left tackle you call on a young man that you sign this offseason ties umbrella felt like he did a very good job blocking Yannick and Gakway in some tough circumstances yeah you know ties a veteran in this league he's you know he's played a lot of different positions whether it was guard right tackle left tackle you know he's kind of been a master at moving positions and plugging in when needed you know the first set of plays was a little bit rough for him but he settled down did a really really good job for the old line protecting against you know really really good pass a pass rusher and then helping in the run game as well so proved to be a key piece for a Sunday in Minnesota to keep that thing going up next coach Dave McGinnis takes us beneath the surface to show us Khalif Raymond's explosiveness maybe just said that I think that's next on Titans all access good listening Mike we welcome you back to Titans all access you know Amy Wells Titans fans love wide receiver Khalif Raymond they do and I agree I too love wide receiver Khalif Raymond is it because he's small and tough and thankful and appreciative and will do anything no it's because he catches the football Mike she's awesome it's true she hangs around with Dave McGinnis too which is why when we go to Microsoft's beneath the surface here you'll hear coach Mack talk about a lot of the same things I like him personally actually as well catch the ball that's all I need this is coach Mack welcome to beneath the surface powered by Microsoft surface today we're going to look at two explosive plays by the Titans offense that went a long way contributing to this victory over the Minnesota Vikings both of them Ryan Tannehill to Khalif Raymond and a tremendous job of the offensive line and the play action protection that ensued first play we're going to look at it's a second play of the ball game that's 1425 in the first quarter we've got regular personnel in the game two backs two wide receivers one tied in you see the motion across the ball here that gives us a slot formation we've caught the Minnesota Vikings in man to man defense and so what we're going to see is the play action watch the play action protection tremendous tremendous pocket for Ryan Tannehill and then Khalif Raymond on the outside against cornerback Holton Hill watch the stutter and go and then the exact perfect pass watch it drop right into Khalif Raymond's hands big game 44 yards second play of the ball game it perched the Minnesota defense on alert that if they're going to play eight people in the box then the Titans are going to take shots downfield now we're looking at first and 10 from the minus 35 it's Titans 19 Minnesota 24 now we are in 12 personnel go from three by one to two by two the motion across the ball Minnesota is now in quarters coverage we're going to get play action with the crunch look we again have excellent excellent protection corners coverage the safety's bite up on the person going out into the flat Khalif Raymond now does a tremendous job sticks his foot in the ground makes a real nice corner post move the safety the rookie Jeff Gladney bites on the move wide open down the middle again nice marriage between play action protection and then Khalif Raymond using his speed and also a very nice down the field move to get wide open look at the great protection look at the pocket look at the time that Ryan Tannehill has another beautiful beautiful pass this led to Derek Henry's second rushing touchdown of the game now the Tennessee Titans are moving towards the victory you've seen two explosive plays off of play action protection executed to perfection by the Tennessee Titans AJ Brown posted record setting numbers in his rookie season could he have had the same impact on another sport number 11 discusses it next on Titans All Access members i started coming to the games when i was old enough to walk i've been a season ticket holder for this my third year um and Titans games are so much fun and my favorite part of the year i'm really honored and i'm very humbled to have this opportunity to come and i'm very sure the same Thomas very true to Titans the first time i've ever seen at this empty normally i'm just trying to scoop past people get to my seats sit down watch the free game this is really really weird it's like a ghost town just got finished seeing the team warm up and it's gonna be exciting to see how the game before the game i you know i said hey to Arthur Smith as he was walking out he looked at me gave me a point and i don't want to say you know i helped inspire him with some of the play calls but i'm not i don't think i did anything to hurt the Titans offense we are cheering that no one else is but me and Aaron definitely will be yelling every time there's a big third down awesome to be here able to cheer the Titans on it's awesome so we're really excited to see them and we're hoping that for a win today fires into the end zone ball caught you can see what's happening but it's also kind of nice to hear what's happening it's praying that they'll win today all access continues it's time for our Nissan Insider and you know uh it's football season it is indeed but it's also the playoffs in baseball there's a lot going on right i love the baseball you know i love baseball so much and i love playoff time it's so exciting but you know who doesn't necessarily love baseball me maybe you but also the subject of this week's Nissan Insider and this may surprise you football season is getting underway everybody's excited but baseball is winding down almost playoff time now people know about you not only a great football player growing up a 19th round draft pick of the Padres super outfielder great growing up when the playoffs start to get here do you ever miss baseball at all that's a good question because to be honest a lot of people know i play baseball but i really do not watch baseball at all like at all so you don't know what's going on with the Padres or anybody else i i promise you my brother turns to it on tv i'll watch for a couple swings then i exit the room it is the most boringest game to watch on tv to me but i can play it somehow what would you say are the skills that you had in baseball that you certainly use as a football player skills that were really applicable to both for an athlete i would just say hand-eye coordination with catching the ball and tracking the ball you know if you can track a little small baseball you can track around football so it makes it makes it easier your competitiveness that's the thing that really jumps out watching you in practice watching you in games where does that come from um that comes from my dad to be honest uh putting me at a putting me with older kids growing up like he used to lie like my application saying i was older even though i was younger so i was playing with an older age and i had to compete and when i got to my age group i was pretty much dominating so is that maybe the biggest reason that you didn't have a a fear or an apprehension last year as a rookie and that you certainly don't show it now i've never been a type of the been scared i kind of got that out when i was in middle school that's the last time i've been scared to play football when i was in middle school so as you come through your rookie year and you're now into year two what's the biggest thing you've learned the most important thing you've learned i would definitely say just being a pro all the time all the time you know it's not a switch it's not a day you can come in and you want to work hard someday it's every day it's the everyday thing and you always got to try to be a student of the game and try to learn something new every day and try to improve because that's what is about in this league what do you want to be as an nfl player what do you want to be known as uh when somebody talks about me bring my name up i just want to speak good things and and say like he's come he come to work every day he leave by example you know he's a great teammate he's a great he's a great person so we love watching you play thanks for letting us get to know you a little better a j brown we appreciate you being this week's nissan insider thank you boy mike i'm glad he chose football i think it was a good decision yeah a j brown our nissan insider this week when we returned amy wells and i cover the news of the week which of course is the postponement of sunday's game with the pittsburgh steelers and later in the program the best plays from an undefeated month of september as titans all-access content if you want the most complete information on your tennessee titans in podcast form subscribe to the otp presented by farm bureau health plans mike amy coach mack and jim liatt get you ready for the game like no one else to get the otp visit tennessee titans dot com slash podcasts or look for the otp wherever you get your podcasts we welcome you back to titans all-access amy wells and i set to talk about a bye week that we did not expect it's the titans earliest by since 2015 titans were scheduled to play the steelers this weekend but on thursday morning the league postpones the game until later in the season and i think the interest of health stands first for this league and the first thing you have to be concerned about the players and the staff members who've tested positive for covid-19 and their health absolutely and that's what mike verable has kind of redirected the attention to is that we want to make sure these guys are okay we want to make sure that they are healthy and being treated the way that they need to be and their families are able to remain healthy that is the ultimate concern for mike verable of course they former players so he understands how these guys are feeling and i think that that ultimately is the most important thing and it's good to see that the tennessee titans and the national football league are keeping that at the forefront of all decisions mike verable has been the titans head coach for just over two seasons now and he's certainly seen some adversity during that time he was asked on thursday about what he has learned through this entire process that not just football coaches may learn from but people all over sports yeah i think it's just important that you stay together you know i think you stay consistent in in what the the approach is that you you have a personal side to you that that you want to make sure that those put those people that are indeed infected are safe and that they're they're healing but but also understand that um you know the the severity of it and that will will probably have different protocols that we'll have to follow you know i understand that when we go back into the building and we'll we'll do exactly what the league asks us to do for the safety of the players and their families and our inner staff and their families so here's what we do know about the football side of it the tennessee titans will end the season playing 13 straight games and that is obviously a big challenge for this football team but it doesn't seem like challenges phase this group no this is a very resilient team we've seen it early in the season that they are able to overcome whatever obstacles are thrown their way and now we're going to see it again in the later part of the season 13 games is a big pill to swallow it's a lot but on the same token this team can handle it they are prepared they are in good shape and as long as this team can stay healthy that challenge is not insurmountable that's a good point so the tennessee titans although they are disrupted by what's happened this week there's no question about that they are not completely thrown off because of who they are and where they are and that's what's really very exciting about this team going forward much to deal with but they deal with it from a position of strength with their veteran leadership and with their good start and when titans all access continues we'll take a look at some of the best plays from september an undefeated month for the titans where they had a lot of good things happen we'll see them all again next on titans all access on the next titans all access it's time to get ready for a visit from the buffalo bill we'll have a preview of game one in tennessee's three game october homestand and all pro punter brett kerne a buffalo native is our nissan insider find out what's important to the man who's the best in the business all that and more next time on titans all access this is normally the part of the program where we'd have john robinson on to provide his keys to beating the next opponent sponsored by farm bureau insurance of course as you know by now there is no game this weekend because tennessee pittsburgh postponed so instead we're going to treat you to some of the best moments from what was an undefeated september absolutely there's nothing better than reliving a three and o start let's do that let's do that and so for amy wells i'm mike keith thanks for joining us for titans all access enjoy the good things that we've seen in the month of september and hopefully we've got a lot more good things to come yes for the lead his kick on the way give henry left side touchdown he goes flying through the air like superman touchdown tight right hack for the lead snap sad who next who next