 Okay, we got to just clean up a few little things and keep playing complimentary and no matter what happens, figure out a way. Okay, congratulations. Top three touchdowns, man. Hello again. Thank you. You guys are like sacks, man. They come in bunches. Okay, fellas, defense. We got after the quarterback. We affected them. You sacked them six times. Hit them. I don't know how many times, man. But, hello. You got time. Okay. Great job, fellas. Congratulations. We won before. We know how to win. We just got to clean a few things up. Hey, we're going to keep winning. I promise you that. MGM Studio. Happy Halloween and welcome to the Mike Brable Show presented by Seat Geek. Short week for the Titans as they play Thursday night in Pittsburgh. So, sitting in for the head coach tonight, our coach on Titans Radio, Dave McGinnis. Coach Mack, thanks for being here. Great being here. Okay. Great being here after a win. After a win, it's good. Okay, a couple questions to begin with. You're not at home to meet the trick or treaters. How are you going to handle this? I've already figured that out with them. I talked to them. So, you're going to be hustling back after the show? They know when they come to my house, we've got a time schedule, and they're going to bring their dogs. So, I'm ready. Good. Okay. So, that's important. The other thing today, the trade deadline hit at 3 o'clock for this season. Titans stand pat. Are you surprised by that? Not at all. Not at all. And then, and of course with the trade of Kevin Byard, you know, you had a very valuable asset to us, but clearly he was a valuable asset to somebody else. And it was the right football move at the time, even as painful as it was. But this football team, you're not going to trade Mike your players unless you can get something commensurate with what they are worth that will help you. And clearly there were some offers that were made, but they weren't even close to what Rand Carthon nor Mike Vrable even wanted to consider. All right. Let's jump right into the Vrable 6 Pack presented by Seat Geek. And we have to start with big Jeff and the pressure. You heard Mike Vrable say in the open, six sacks. This one certainly showed up big time as there's the big mate. Well, the thing that happens here, that when you look at it and you get the overhead view of it, put big Jeff out on the end. It confused their protection. And when you take a look, big Jeff is coming just unimpeded to the quarterback. Now, big Jeff is a big presence on the field. I would think I would know where he was if I was an offensive line trying to protect my quarterback. Clearly they didn't. Ritter took the brunt of it. And it was a big, big play at the time. Ritter sacked five times in the ball game out at halftime replaced in the second half by Taylor Heinecke. Special teams also a key for the Titans. Ryan Stonehouse punted eight times. Six of them inside the opponent's 20. This is a great punt and great coverage. Well, the pints were tremendous. This was a field position game, Mike. We talked about it going into the game, how big field position it was going to be. So the punt itself has to be made. But the punt coverage has to be able to and be able to form a picket fence around the returner. I thought all day they did a great job of both facets of the punt game. Mike Hughes, the punt returner. The tackler is Kevin Rader with his third special teams tackle of the year. Titans, one special teams on Sunday. They hope to do it Thursday night at Accrashire Stadium in Pittsburgh. Jeffrey Simmons' second sack was a take away and a big play in the ball game. Well, this is huge. And the defensive line started really coming off of the football and coming with a tsunami type of a wave. And when that happens, you get those guys coming in a unit. And then, plus, stripped the football. We had talked about this under in the week, too. And they worked on it. Go for the football when you've got the quarterback corralled. They went for it. They got it. They did it. Denico Autry leads the team in sacks with five. His fifth sack of the ball game came right at the end of the first half and gave the Falcons no chance to drive the football league. Well, it's great to see Denico. He's on a game here where they started to run a T-E game. And look, Denico Autry has always been a guy that's been a disruptor. Ever since he's been here, he has been a disruptor. That's been his career. He's a big, big part of this defensive pressure front. And Denico Autry credited with the sack. Jeffrey Simmons could have gotten another one there if Denico hadn't gotten there. So big day for Simmons overall. Six tackles, two sacks, and two tackles for loss. Will Leviss, the story of the day, of course, the quarterback, his third touchdown pass, a thing of beauty to Deandre Hop. Well, the little thing, the nuance there was a little shoulder fake to move the safety. And then DeHop is the king of the double move. He is the king of the double move, always has been in his career. But that just little nuance nudge with that shoulder to get the people to believe in the back end that would be coming over the top of this, that he was going to throw it outside. That was beautiful. This connection was a lot of fun to watch, Mike. The passing game was the story of the day because of the rookie quarterback in his debut. But the Titans had a very effective run game. Overall, they were able to rush the ball 33 times if you take out the Neal Downs for over 150 yards. Derek Henry with 101 yards. Here's a big run from Tajé Spears. Well, Tajé Spears is such a good compliment to Derek Henry. And as you said, you heard Mike Vrable talking in the locker room after the game. We played great complementary football. Well, these two guys played great complementary football on the ground. They're two distinctly different types of runners with the two very effective runners. And together, when they're working like this, you've got something moving on offense. Spears is certainly a grown-up back coach. He had not had much going on during the course of the game. And then he gets that run, which sparks an 85-yard touchdown drive, then in essence puts the game away. This kid just understands football, though. He's a football player. And I know that sounds simple to say, but some guys just get the essence of what playing football is. He's got it. All right. When we come back, we are headed to the Vrable Strader, which I guess tonight is the Max Strader. And we're going to take a look at Will Leviss' fourth touchdown pass against the Falcons and how the play developed. So it's the Vrable Strader or the Max Strader. Next on the Mike Vrable Show, presented by Seat Geek. Stay with us. Back in the Bet MGM Studio, the Mike Vrable Show presented by Seat Geek. Time to go to the Vrable Strader. Dave McGuinness is going to show us Will Leviss' fourth touchdown pass where he basically, through Nick Westbrook, a Kiné Open. Show us, Coach. I love the Vrable Strader. The Vrable Strader is really solid here here. The first thing I want to do is show you. We're an 11 personnel, three wides, one tight, one back. Now, what we're going to look at here, we're in the slot, all right, to get rid of this. Right there. Hit that again. This right here. All right. Now, here's what we want to do. Where's my free hand right here? This is the dude that's going to get the ball butt. These guys right here, they influence what's going on. I want you to watch the coverage starts to roll outside up here to the top. It rolls outside up here to the top. Nick Westbrook, a Kiné is in the slot. They are playing man-to-man, but the safety in the corner are going to lean to this side. So it's going to put the deep safety man-to-man on Nick Westbrook, a Kiné in the slot. Are we ready? Now watch it because they're going to bring some pressure and here we go. Let's get this all out of here. All right, here we go. Stop this thing right here. Stop right there. Okay, now here's who we're looking at right here. Right here, you can see all of a sudden Nick Westbrook, a Kiné has put a nod move, a nod outside and go back inside to the post. You can see everybody is caught up man-to-man here. This man right here is over the top out here for this receiver here. And look at the pressure on Levis right there even before he's thrown the ball. He's going to get melted. This right here is key to this as he moved outside to the outside. I want you to watch at the launch point he has got nothing to step into. This is all arm and it's really all arm from here to here. All right, hit it coach. Okay, are we ready? I don't need to hit that again, do I? Okay, now here we go. Just roll it from the top. Let's roll it. Why do I keep hitting that actually? Just hit the top one. There you go. Boom. Here we go all the way. Let's watch it all the way across the field. Now let's take another look at this thing as it starts. We got a little white shoes here in the end zone. All right, let's let it run here. I'm going to show you how far this ball travels. It's a 33-yard touchdown, but it goes 55 yards in the air. 33 yards from the launch point back here, but this thing travels 55 yards in the air. And the thing that's beautiful to watch is he leads him with 55 yards with a half-armed toss, which is really, really pretty impressive. That's good stuff, coach. We need to get to break. When we come back, we're going to do some defense. Aziz Al-Shire, huge game. We had him wired. His epic Western spotlight moment is next on the Mike Vrable Show, presented by Seatgeek. Welcome back to the Mike Vrable Show, presented by Seatgeek. Titans General Manager, Rand Carthon, brought former 49ers linebacker, Aziz Al-Shire, to Nashville, partly due to his familiarity with him. Well, in seven games this year, Al-Shire has 73 tackles and leads the ball club. On Sunday, he had 11 more stops, and he was everywhere. He was also wired for sound, so it gives us a great opportunity to make Aziz Al-Shire this week's epic Western spotlight. One play at a time, half-armed doing this. Fly around, hit the *** in the mouth, man. Rock out. Come on, brother. I'm with you all day. Let's go. I'm with you all day. Let's go. Fly around, half-armed. Come on, hot. Easy today, baby. Hey, you been there. Feel that. Let's go. Don't get scared now. Kind of big. Good luck, man. Good luck, brother. Let's go with us. Let's go with us, bro. Let's go with us. Communicate, half-armed. Right here, baby. You got to learn this. You got to learn this. Ritter, deep drop. Looking under pressure. Look at Lema Sterling. Boy, have a day. Have a day. Let's go. All right, boy. He stole my sack. I did steal Aziz's sack. He was supposed to do it. I said, hey, I'm going. He said, no, I'm going. One moment. I'm going to send one to you. All right, man. My dog. Hey, boy. I'm so proud of you, man. Thank you, man. Hey, keep leading the way, bro. For real. You came a long way. We both did. Love you, guys. You got to get a number two jersey now, man. Fantastic. Love to watch that guy play football. Dave McGinnis, he's not just making tackles now. He's impacting the game more and more as the weeks go on. Why is he able to have more of an impact? That's a wonderful segment, first of all. And you can hear really what goes on, but you can tell the other guys are dialed in to him. He understands the game. That's why he was brought in here. This guy plays the game with a passion, but he also understands the game. And you can see the interaction that he has with his teammates. What a great, great segment that was. All right, when we come back, ask the coach, Coach Mack, kids ask Coach Mack questions. That and the keys to success coming up on the Mike Vrable Show presented by Seat Geek. Welcome back to the Bed MGM Studio and the Mike Vrable Show presented by Seat Geek. Dave McGinnis sitting in for the head coach on this short week. We've come to the point in the show that is Mike Vrable's very favorite. It'll be coaches as well. It's time for kids ask Coach Mack. Yes. It's Aliyah. Aliyah, I can't wait for this question. What did she ask? What is your favorite Halloween costume? Skeleton, Aliyah. Skeleton. Why skeleton, Coach? Well, because it looks good. It's black. Well. And it's black. And it's got white things on it. There's supposed to be your bones. Skeleton. Skeleton, Aliyah. So, when you go back to have your trick or treaters out tonight, will you dress up for them to greet them? Yes, I got a skeleton outfit. Oh, okay. That's good. I'm coming by to see that. Well, Coach Mack. Coach Mack's Nissan keys to success are upcoming. That's next on the Mike Vrable Show presented by Seat Geek. Stay with us. Dave McGinnis is here with me on the Mike Vrable Show presented by Seat Geek from the Bed MGM Studio. It's time now for the Nissan keys to success. And, of course, the keys to success are important in two days because the Titans play at Pittsburgh. Coach, number one, got to be the best defense on the field. Well, I think this is a... You know, going into Pittsburgh, especially in the national televised game, we've been up there before. I've been up there as a coach. You've been up there as a broadcaster. This is when the Pittsburgh Steelers really shine. Their whole franchise is built on defense. We, the Titans, have to be the best defense on the field up there. This is going to be a defense field position game. Titans have to be the ones to be able to assert themselves in a very, very hostile environment. Steelers have had difficulties on offense in their quarterback. Kenny Pickett, who says he's going to play, is dinged up. What do you fear most about the Steelers' offense? What worries you the most that the Titans' defense has to be concerned with? Kenny Pickett is their starting quarterback because Mike Tomlin knows that he understands the nuances of the game. Kenny Pickett was a guy that they said had two smaller hands, was too short, was all of this. He's a dealer. He's a dealer. We cannot afford to let him get hot. We've got to be able to pressure him, and then our coverage, they're going to show us some different movement of motions, and we've got to be able in the back end to figure all of that out pretty quick. And he's a guy, too, this year. He's been okay the first three quarters, but lights out in the fourth quarter so the Titans are going to have to play him for 60 minutes and do a good job. Let's take a look at Nissan Key to success. Number two, a count for TJ Watt in not just the pass game, but also the run game. Yeah, I'm both of their edge guys, and when I say TJ Watt, I really am talking about the Steelers' defense, but TJ Watt is a linchpin of that whole defense. And as he goes, they go. When you watch their ball games, even if they have not been very successful early on, once he gets cranked up, either it's with a sack or setting the edge or being able to cause a minus yardage play, all of a sudden they catch fire. We've got to know where this guy is at all times. They will move him around, but you know this, when he is playing in the ball game, Mike, he's going to be a factor, so we've got to know where he is, get one hat or two hats on him at all times. Atlanta has a good defense, but they don't have a single player like TJ Watt. Well, I think TJ Watt is one of the premier players in the league. And we've played good players before on defense, but TJ Watt is, as I said, the linchpin for what the Steelers do on defense. He's got to be a focal point. All right, Nissan key number three. Continue to make a positive impact on special teams. We just did a feature on that, and the special teams are going to be huge up there. It's going to be cold. It's going to be a colder ball game and a night ball game in that environment. Field position is going to make all the difference in the world. And field position comes into play in a lot of different areas, but the punt game particular in our coverage has got to be big. We've got to be completely clean in the special teams area, punting it. And then when you get a chance to score points with a field goal, do it. But the other thing that's happened, we did it in the last game too. We had some different things of the way we kicked the ball off to pin them down there for a field position game. All of that, Mike, has to come into play at Pittsburgh. Again, the Titans did not make any trades today. So the trade deadline passes without any moves. The other news today, Mike Vrables saying that, again, if Ryan Tannehill can't go and he did not practice, that it's going to be Will Levis's show. Last question for you, coach. Will Levis going to see a Pittsburgh defense that will have seen him on tape now? What is he going to have to do differently against Pittsburgh knowing they know something about him? Just play within himself. That's exactly what he did. He was very poised in this last ball game that he played. This first ball game, his first jump out of the shoot, so to speak, he was very, very poised. He had a lot of players play within himself. The moment will not be too big for him. He's been in big games before in the Southeastern Conference. This was a huge game that he really helped orchestrate a win in Nissan Stadium. Play within yourself. And really, I think the way this guy conducts himself, I don't think that that's going to be any problem with him. But play within yourself. Don't try to do anything special. Just do what you do and do it consistently. Certainly got to take care of the football in this game. The Tigers have 15 takeaways this season. Statistically, not great on offense or defense, but those takeaways have gotten them to four and three on the season. They'll go to five and three against the Titans on Thursday night. The Titans trying to even their record at four and four. We'll see you Thursday night, 7.15 on Titans Radio. Have a great night everybody. Happy Halloween.