 We've just got as good an opportunity as every other team. There's a lot of belief in the football team. We had a lot of belief. It was just a different feeling coming up here from two years ago. Two years ago, I think we were happy to be here, happy to be in the game. This time we believe we can win. Really believe that you were going to do what you did. That's the way we like it. We want an easy, we want a gritty, we want a dirty. Don't give up on each other, you know, believe. We believe. And we believe. Believe. You guys really believe, man. Man, it feels good to get this done. I mean, us just playing tight in football. Let's present my Farm Bureau health plans. I am Lance Smith, but this right here is Eddie Joel. Oh, it still sounds so good. It does. Hey, man. Welcome back. Good to see you, man. Yes, sir. Look at us. Back here. Playoff edition. Great, man. Feels good to be here. That game was something. Oh, it was awesome. Where'd you watch it? I was at home watching. Yeah? Yeah. I wish I was up in New England though. I'd say what? I wasn't in New England and I wasn't at home, but I was with a few of my closest friends at a wild, wild, wild horse watch party. It was something to behold. You want to check it out? Let's see it. Well, then take a look at this. Yeah. My name is Lance Smith. You might know me as the guy that yells tighten up in Nissan Stadium every Sunday, but we're here playing footballing. After every play, I want you to be loud and proud like you're sending that energy up to Foxboro. I want them to hear you. You can see the blue crew drum line. T-Rack, you ready for this, buddy? All right. Hey, at halftime, I think you're going to be doing some line dancing. Did you know that? We're going to do some more line dancing at halftime. There's also a raffle to be had. If you want more great Titans gear, including autographed stuff, buy one at Derrick Henry. That was a good time. I didn't get the invite, though. Sorry about that, man. I thought you would put it out to you. This week, though, right? Yeah. So, hey, look, we're going to do it again. We're going to have a watch party again. It's going to be a check out your screen right here. It's going to be the George Jones. That's going to be a great Titans watch party, as well as the Nashville Underground Saturday, 6 p.m. So join the fam downtown. And, hey, Titans Road Rally. If you're going to Baltimore, 10 roof Baltimore, that's 3 to 6 p.m. before the game starts. A special guest appearance is there. The Titans Road Rally, 10 roof Baltimore, if you're making that trip. So, man, we got to be ready for this one. Yes, we do. Coming up. All right, well, hey, let's talk about this game. Let's do four downs with Eddie. And let's break this thing down. What a game it was, my friend. Man, you know what? People around the country didn't believe. But I think people here in Tennessee, certainly us, we believe that we can go up there and do it. Absolutely. All the signs were there, right? Yeah. Now, Tom Brady might be not be coming back. The office was kind of sputtering from the wiggling. Derek Henry comes off a monster game against Houston. A lot of momentum. That's it, man. It was it. That's the first down. Let's talk about it. Derek gets it done again. Derek Henry on his birthday. His 26th birthday. Happy birthday to that guy. He's just a baby. He is just a baby. He's going to start it. I love that. He's going to start it. Sets a franchise playoff rushing record with 182 yards. What is it? The previous guy was Eddie George in 2000 against New England. Let's do it. Listen. And I don't mind that he did it against New England because I can't stand New England. Right. I'm so glad they're out of it because I couldn't take another Super Bowl with them. And neither could the rest of the country. Yes. But I'm glad he did it on a big night. Huge night. Old line was phenomenal in the Russian game. Yeah, they said, I mean, listen, they opened up some holes early against the number one defense against the run. Yeah. In their place. In their house. And that's something that, when you turn a team strength into a weakness, you knew it was going to be a long day for New England. And it was. It was, man. He ran all over them. It was so fun to see. Moving on to second down, you know, we were doing a lot of Derek running the ball, but our defense, our defense was pretty phenomenal in this whole game. I mean, shutting them down left and right. They held them to under a hundred yards rushing. Tom Brady and his last two games against the Titans has not thrown a touchdown pass. I mean, he did, but it went to Logan right. Well, they made him uncomfortable. They made him uncomfortable. And believe it or not, I got a phone call from a good friend of mine, Ray Lewis. Okay. Calls me on the phone two hours before kickoff. He says, Eddie, Eddie, you got to tell the defensive players in order to get the Tom Brady key on the running back. He's going to be everything in the history of the NFL. Tom is the only quarterback to throw so many times. I said, okay. So I text one of the players, got it to him. And lo and behold, they got the victory. So I guess, I guess they listened to a hall of fame with myself. Yeah. Isn't that amazing? Yeah. So I wonder if he's going to give me a tip this week, though, but that's what I hope he does. But yeah, it's Baltimore. But for me, though, that goal line stand, that goal line stand, and Rashawn Evans hunting players down. I mean, I was, I was, I was worried for them almost the way he was hunting them down. I wasn't worried. That's, that's playoff football. That was tough as hard to get in football as a goal line stand, right there, the one yard goal line play. So for him to come through like that, and I saw the intensity and how he came through, realized, recognized the play and shot through. When that happened, I knew the game was over at that point. Yeah. Because now we had all the women and we forced them to a field goal versus seven points. Keeping it huge swing. Thirteen to seven, exactly. Exactly. Which helped us go into the, take the lead going into halftime there. It was an amazing goal line stand, something we do so well. All right. Moving on down to a third down here. Let's talk about clutch players in this game. Hats off to Anthony Firkser. Anthony Firkser with his big touchdown grab. And he had a huge clutch third down grab. I mean, the guy has been clutch all season for us. But also we've been talking about him a lot this year. Brett Kern, man. Brett Kern. MVP, right? MVP. That was the, he calls the interception. I mean, when you have a partner like that, that's the ultimate weapon. Yeah. And flip the field the way he did, meaning got it down to that one yard line. I mean, that was phenomenal. I mean, I don't know what kind of ball he did. It was a knuckle ball slash rugby ball, whatever it was, but just perfectly executed. And you kind of knew then that they still have to go 99 yards two time miles, however many seconds left. But man, I mean, that's, that's what you need. You need a great kicking game in the playoffs because of that right there. Yeah, exactly. It was amazing. I mean, the team has stepped up individually all around all season, but especially here in the playoffs. Right. And then finally fourth down, you go into Foxborough, you're facing Belichick and you do what? You out Belichick, Belichick. You out coached it. I mean, Vrable and the crew, they out coached it. That was the emperor and Darth Vader. Right. That moment when the emperor, you know, he throws him over. Exactly. That's what that was to me. I mean, you know, Belichick had on the hood, but that anyway. The greatest moment, though, was the penalty and clockwork by Vrable, which, I mean, right here. Look, look how mad he is. Look at the emperor. Doesn't he look at the emperor? Look at this. He's upset. Just the evil empire right there, melting down. This put screen tells it all right here. Right. Coach on the left, in control. Coach on the right. Nuts. Look at him. The emperor is upset. I could watch this for hours. Unvrable. Yeah. And Vrable, something we've never seen out of Belichick. He's calm, cool, collected, has an answer for everything. But you just kind of sense that this was a different Patriots team that we were seeing than normal. Not quite as confident. They were expecting a week off after losing to Miami. And they faced a hot team. The Titans coming in. And, you know, you almost got the feeling that this might be it for New England. And glad it was last week. We might have put that dagger in them. Might have. That Titan sword. Might have. What a game it was. I know I enjoyed it. I know you guys enjoyed it. Hey, listen, 15 minutes can save you 15% or more on your car insurance. With that, we'll go to our first break with our Geico Fast 15. But stick around. Four times. Great, great. The end zone. Touchdown. Peppered Henry. Touch Brady in the end zone. Looks. Welcome back to Titans Boots presented by Farm Bureau Health Plants. It's now halftime here on the show. Playoff edition, by the way. God, it sounds so good. It does. It sounds so good. All right, let's take a break from talking football for a second. And I have a question to ask you, Eddie. Okay. If you had to be stranded on a desert island with any one of the guys from your playing days, who would it be and why? What's that question? I have two guys in mind. But I'm going to say first with Steve McNair. Steve? All right. Why Steve? Because Steve is another than he's Steve. He's this country boy. Okay. He knows how to hunt. Right. Not a fish. He knows how to survive in a while. So therefore, I know I'm going to eat good every night. Right. He didn't catch a fish. He caught a catfish with bare hands. Oh, he did the noodling thing? Yeah, that freaks me out. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely, Steve. All right. Then I would say Keith Bulley. Keith Bulley. Okay. Because Chef Bulley, he's also a chef. That's right. He quick-screw me meals. Check him out on Instagram. On Instagram, he does a quick-screw me. Chef Bulley. Chef Bulley. All right. Well, here's what our Titans had to say about this year's squad. And this week's Titans 411, powered by Snickers. Any of my DBs, I know Malcolm Butler for a long time. He's probably one of the funniest guys on the team. So I got to go with Malcolm Butler. Probably Ben. No, well, yeah, Ben. I mean, he's from Bibb County, Alabama. And I'm sure down there, they know how to do everything and anything to survive. I feel like me and Adorey with him will probably make the best out of that situation. You know, he quick enough to catch some food. So he going to catch some food. And I'm going to go, I'm going to set up the tents and all that type of stuff for us to live in. But he fast enough to catch some rabbit or something like that. I'll have to say my boy Taylor won. I think he got some straight survival country skills to him. And he can get us out there and take care of us. Ma'am, I have to say Ben Jones, country boy, not a hunt. I know if we catch him, he can gut it, cook it, flip it, scrape it. I don't know whatever he can do with it. It's going down, I'm pretty sure. Who has a plane? That's my question. I don't know. I have to do some research when I live a plane or a helicopter or a boat. Those three things. Whoever has that, that's who we're going to have to hang out with because we got to get off this island. That's it. Eddie back with you. It is now the two-minute warning here on the show. Let's talk about this divisional round against the Baltimore Ravens. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a tough one coming up, man. There you go. There was the number one seed. Six versus one, got to do it. First up, number one, contain and confuse Lamar Jackson. Yeah, that's what the rest of the league has yet to figure out. Right. I believe in Dean Pease. I think he'll draw up a defensive game plan to contain him. I don't know if you can necessarily stop him. Right. But he's going to make plays. He's going to make plays. You have to understand that. So you have to take away Mark Ingram. Because to me, Mark Ingram is the key to making the engine go. Because if he's running the ball extremely well, then it sets up a true run option pass. So now you have to account for him running effectively off tackle, wherever it may be. And then Jackson coming around the end. But now with the calf injury, he may not be as quick. It may be a little apprehensive. So that's going to be key in the game. It's take one of those guys away and then make Jackson beat you with his arm if you can. As a team, collectively, they ran for almost 3,300 yards. That's the record now. That's insane. Yeah, it is insane. Yeah. My boss over there said this is the fourth time in NFL history that the number one rushing team has gone up against the number one rusher. And in three of those previous times, the number one rusher won the game. We got that going for it. Thank you, David. And not to mention, in this rivalry over the years, the visiting team in the playoffs has won. That's right. The visiting team. The visiting team has won. Unfortunately, they've visited us. Oh man, the memories, the memories. Oh wait, yeah. We'll talk about it. We'll talk about it. All right. The next key to beating the Ravens, be more physical. I mean, we are a very physical team, but we've got to make our presence known. You say that all the time. Yeah. And Derek Henry said it best. They love it nasty, look at grimy. They don't like it pretty. And that's how the Titans play. That's how we play football. It's with grit, grind, and physicality, and especially on the defensive side of the football. So if we're able to get to Lamar Jackson, he has to feel the pain. And it has to be that way for four quarters. Listen, when you go into Baltimore, you've got to have the mindset that you're going to lock the gates. Yeah. And by any means necessary, come out with the win. You're going to have to fight your way out of there. Literally. And that's how it's going to be. I mean, these guys should bring some extra Advil, some extra ice. Ice packs. Ice packs and get plenty of rest for next week. Or there is a next week, because it's going to be a physical, emotional, and spiritual battle going in there this weekend. And there is one thing. I mean, we, you know, going into this game, Ryan Tannehill against the Patriots, 72 yards, he didn't have to do a lot. He played a good game. Yeah. He didn't play a bad game. But there's one thing that they've didn't face a lot of rushes this season, because they were scoring so many points, teams were having to throw them. So be prepared in the third key here for a shootout, because they can score quickly. So we might be, Yeah, no, no, I mean, we're going to have to. And I think Tannehill is going to have to do a little bit more with his legs in this one. Okay. And ideally the Titans want to win the time of possession. Yeah. And if Derek Henry gets 150 yards or more, they win this game. Very good. Got it. I mean, they got it because it Baltimore is built to get a lead and sustain it. That's how they're built. Now they're not, they're very uncomfortable when they're coming from behind. And they don't want to throw the ball a whole lot. That's when they get into trouble. So we're going to have to strike early and strike often, offensively. And when we have those opportunities to score touchdowns, we have to do it. It's imperative. Got to take advantage of it. So you have to. Have to do it. There's no, you can't kick field goals in this one. Yeah. You have to take control. You've got to build a lead and sustain it. I hope the team just heard that. I like the way you say it. Got to do it. Got to do it. Got to do it. All right. Hey, listen, it's the Ravens. There's a lot of history here. I want to talk about the history on the side of the Titans Blitz presented by Farm Bureau Health Plants. It is now overtime. Time for our Wendy's hot take of the week. And a hit is the divisional playoff round. We're taking on the Ravens. So the history here, I just want to talk to you about it, sir. You know this history. I mean, look, it's not the same teams, but this bad blood still there. Oh, yeah. Both organizations hate each other. Right. Rightfully so. No. Oh, look at this. Oh, I remember that one right there. Do you still feel that when you look at that shoulder? I just got that repaired just two years ago with the labrum. And I was not going to miss that game. As you can see there, I was pretty upset that the possibility of me coming back in the game was little to none. But I said, listen, you know, it's the Baltimore Ravens playoff game. Ray Lewis, Ed Reid, you know, a lot of trash has been talked over the years up until this point. And, you know, again, to prepare for this game. Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, man. This is bringing back memories, man. I got to give them back now. You know, it's, that's, that's, it's all, it's, it's a battle. It's truly a battle. It's like, it's not like any other game that you're going to experience playing against them because it takes so much out of you. Like 2000, when we played them here with another one seed, they came in and won the ball game, basically. And that was the worst loss I've ever had as a professional. Was it? But yeah, it was. It really was. But, you know, this, these are just classic battles among these organizations. Yes, there's a true dislike there. But when it's all said and done and the dust settles, there's tremendous respect among the players, coaches alike. But the fan bases are, it's like, what, water and oil or oil fire, whatever it is. It's, yeah. Well, and specifically though, you know, this, the last time that we saw this team, Marcus sacked 11 times, right? Different team. Okay. Different situation. Yeah. We were not settled offensively back then. Derek really wasn't Derek. Yeah. He really hadn't emerged or had a birth yet into, into who he really is. Defensively, so you gotta throw that one out the window. Yeah. Now you're seeing a team that understands exactly who they are. They know how to win on the road. They carry your defense, special teams and the run game. Right. Those three elements, you go into Baltimore with that. And every litmus attitude, you're gonna come out with a victory. It's gonna be nice. Hey, remember, if you're going to Baltimore, you gotta, you gotta go to the road rally. Go to the road rally. And if you go to the game, wear your Titan gear, be ready to fight. Yeah. Absolutely. I'm on that right there. So three, two, one, have you. Ten with Baltimore also. But here in Nashville, the watch party, George Jones, 6 p.m., make sure you check that out or the Nashville Underground, 6 p.m., downtown Nashville, Titans at Baltimore, divisional round of the playoffs. It doesn't get any better than this. Right here, he's out staying.