 The Indianapolis receiver completed the process of the catch before the ball was punched out by the Tennessee defender. Go crazy, the Titans are going to win this football game. Welcome to the Bet MGM Studio and the Mike Vraples show presented by Shift Four. With the head coach, I'm Mike Keith, the Titans have won four in a row. On Sunday, Tennessee knocked off Indianapolis for the second time in October by a final score of 19-10. When we visited on Friday before the game, you said it was going to be like this. You have great admiration for what they do in Indianapolis. You appreciate their style of football. Your team met their challenge physically and you were able to win the ball game. Yeah, I think it's important to give credit where you see it. We talked about how they were resilient, but again, I think we are too. We were able to finish off the victory, again, kneeling on the ball against the division opponent. We'll talk a little bit more about how we got there, but I think I'm just really proud of our guys, the way they fought through and recognized the keys and what we needed to do to win. I want to give offense their due, but first we've got to look at defense. All right, let's take a look at some defense and the Titans had defense in the first half, actually scoring on defense and making big plays overall. Here is Andrew Adams. Yep, they came out and empty our players. Kevin Byrd was able to get everybody to check. They recognized it and got lined up quickly. We were able to put the pressure on them. You could see Bud matching the hand, not jumping, and then Andrew and Christian there to execute the coverage. They both had a shot at it, but a guy coming free right there like Bud, he was able to affect the quarterback. Just well executed, good call, and helped win the game. Andrew Adams tied for a team high with 10 tackles in the ball game and his eighth career interception. That put the Titans up by a score of 10-0 in the second quarter. Colts were actually on the move again and it's time for another interception and another one from David Long, Jr. Well, good job there, a collapse in the pocket. I think it starts up front. Kevin Strong and Bud pushing the pocket. David started chasing outside the hash and then I think a little voice reminded him that he better settle down and get back on it. He was able to find the football and not much of a return, but we secured the catch and the turnover. So it's a good job there affecting the quarterback, a collapse in the pocket. So before the play, you were giving him some sort of signal. Could you see something that you could help him with there? No, just making sure, you know, I mean, that he's doing a great job in that particular defense. And, you know, David's done a great job for us and he's extremely coachable, but he goes hard and he's an instinctive player, he's fun to have around. All right, let's get after the quarterback a little bit here with Jeffrey Simmons. Now, four and a half sacks on the year. For a moment, he had the team lead. Yeah, and so, you know, this is about team defense right here. David's picking and Jeffrey is allowed to come free because David's efforts and that's what exactly what we're talking about is the team defense and, you know, one guy helping somebody else and then it'll come back to you and that's exactly what happened here. The most undersold fact about Jeffrey Simmons, the hustle? I would say, yeah, every time you see a ball, you know, completed four or five yards from the line of scrimmage, he's running and he's chasing and he does that 80% of the time, he's in there for us. He plays a lot. All right, so let's take a look at the second half kickoff. So this is special teams play, but you got to like this hit from Manny Rice. Yeah, you know, you go down there, you run down there with some speed and, you know, sometimes you're invisible and they forget to remember to block you, but you still got to go down there and execute and, you know, huge play and, you know, Manny was excited. He was into it. Had a bunch of guys that were covering kicks and swarming and, you know, this is the tone setter that we talk about, setting the table and sending messages. Don't know where he's going. You got to go find some teammates, celebrate with them and we'll get that figured out. He just kept running. There he goes. Good to have him back though. Yeah, I know. He's getting his feet wet and hopefully we'll get him back out there playing a little linebacker and see where that goes. So we mentioned that Jeffrey Simmons had the team lead in sacks for a moment until Danico Autry got number five to retake the team lead. Here it is. Yep, and there's Jeff helping him out. You know, Jeff gets up the field. Danico wraps around, you know, going for the football. We need to get these footballs out. We have to attack it there in a pocket and hopefully it comes out of there the next time we just keep hammering at it with the quarterback. That's the easiest target on the field. So, you know, it's always great to see Danico. He puts a lot into it and especially have success against the Coles. He and Jeffrey Simmons seem to have a thing. They know what the other is going to do. They work well off one another. Yeah, they do. You know what I mean? They're both very instinctive and, you know, they both play a lot of football for us and so it's nice to see them work off each other. All right. Let's look at the last Titans defensive snap. Initially called an incomplete pass, but there was a challenge. Well, it was a huge play here by Terrence, by T Mitch and, you know, he's able to not give up on the play and that's exactly what we talk about is, you know, they catch it and something that we work on here, you can see him track the football all the way into the pocket, hammer it, get the hand in there as it was being tucked away. Three steps, you know, after the control. So, you know, we figured it was a, it looked like a catch to us. And, you know, New York thankfully agreed. One, two, three, football move, balls out. There's a mighty hooker falling on it and Andrew Adams falls on top of him to make sure nobody gets to protect him and clear recovery and, you know, you can't return it because it was incomplete, but all you have to do is make sure that you recover it. So it was a huge play for us. And the Titans run out the clock to win the game 19 to 10. When we come back, a look at some of the big offensive plays from Sundays went over Indianapolis. That's when the Mike Vrable show continues, presented by shift four after this. The Mike Vrable show presented by shift four. A second six pack four. A second six pack from the bed MGM studios. This one having to do with offense. Yeah, it wasn't all defense. It wasn't all defense. How about a little Cody Hollister? Well, longest play of the day. Great protection. Ryan's able to progress through. Cody continues to help us and play and take advantage of his opportunities. Physical at the top of the route against, you know, a really, really good corner and a 27-yard game. But the protection was really good. Ryan progressed through, looked over at woods and then came back and it was great to see this and good throw, good catch. Cody's a big guy. He is. He's one of our best blockers. He plays special teams for us. He does a lot and, you know, he's our type of guy. Man, he gets everything that he earns. Speaking of big guys, how about a little Derek Henry run? This close to taking one to the house. Here was a good one. Yep, good stretch and cut and guys trying to finish on the second level. You know, Nick's trying and Derek goes in, back out and, you know, that's what you need though. You need all 11. There's the combination. Dylan working up to the second level, taking them on the angle and finds them. Brew, swam there. You're going to see him come into the picture giving a shove late, you know, and then now it's on Derek and we got a lot of confidence in him and, you know, excited to see where we can continue to progress. 23 yards on that play for Derek Henry. In the third quarter, the Titans need a play on third down and so for the first time in this game, Ryan Tannehill turns to Austin Hooper. Yep. And, you know, again, the protection held up and, you know, this is one of the leading tackler in the National Football League. Hoop's able to cut back on and get a huge first down and they kind of had us there for a little bit. Ryan didn't like what he saw progress through. You know, I went over there. I said, hey, great job, Hoop. You know, I mean, huge place at Openfield Tackle Drill. I said, so it made me happy that he felt like something that we did last week in practice, you know, helped us win a football game. 14-yard pickup there to pick up a first down. Two minutes later, same drive, Austin Hooper again with a fantastic catch and a great throw by Ryan Tannehill. Yeah, it really was and he's got a lot of faith in him, tight coverage, but he throws it on the back shoulder. He's able to go up there and high point it and, you know, this is, you know, we're going to need some of these plays down the field and, you know, we've got great catch radius and, you know, these are the types of plays that we're going to need to have. Out of Stanford, part of an athletic family, outstanding athlete in his own right, two-time pro bowler, Austin Hooper with his second catch. That's not even the big one. The big one came with 532 remaining in the game, Titans leading 16-10 facing third and six at their own 44. How does he do it? Well, I think, first of all, it starts with protection. We need to, you know, take care of the quarterback, which we do. Ryan's able to slide and then, you know, it's just great concentration, great focus and it was a huge play, a huge play and, you know, give Ryan credit for sliding out of there, give the line credit and then, you know, Hoop's able to get it. He goes and attacks it. They try to make a play on it, you know, catch it once, catch it twice, catch it three times and secure it and, you know, the holy grail. There it is. He's got it up. Pinned against his left wrist. I don't know that I've ever seen that. Oh, I'm sure we could go back and forth. I don't know. You've done this a long time. Fantastic, but on the same drive, let's give Randy Bullock some love. He made one, two, three, four of them. This one from 48, which essentially clenches it. Yep, and they were all straight. I mean, he kicked the ball extremely straight and accurate and this was good to see. He had a great day and, you know, when you're not scoring it in a red zone, scoring touchdowns, well, then, you know, Randy's got to do his job and, you know, we just had an off day in a red zone and hopefully we can get back on track next week. Oh, you kind of do one. You've been so good. You can't be that great forever, right? Well, you are. No, here we go. We'll see you here next on the Mike Rapples Show, presented by Schiff Fool. Earlier today, Titans fans had their first opportunity to see the initial renderings of the new Titans stadium that is on the drawing board right now. Everybody I know is really excited about it, especially Titans owner Amy Adams-Struck. I had a chance to visit with her about everything going on with the new stadium talk. What is it to start with that you're specifically most excited about? Oh, my gosh. Well, I'm excited for the city of Nashville and the state of Tennessee because I think this is going to be a real game changer with these big events that will come to town and I'm excited for our fans but also for the folks of Nashville and Tennessee. You're so good at this because you lead me to the next question. You are one of the most fan-centric owners in all of sports anywhere. Why are the fans so important to you and have you kept them in mind so much through this entire process leading to this moment? Well, thank you for that. But you know what? I always have the fans in my thoughts. Whenever I make a decision whether it's something to do with football or something to do with the stadium or something to do with the new stadium, I'm always thinking about what are my fans, what are they going to like? And whether I'm out in the tailgates with them or wherever we are, it's just fun being with them and hearing their thoughts and I'm listening. Well, you are listening and there are going to be more thoughts to come because we're just at the start of this but from their experience, what are you hoping that the first thing that really jumps out to them about the new stadium is all about what do you want for the fans first and foremost? It was so important as the last two years, this journey that we've been on that this stadium looks like Nashville. We didn't want it to look like a stadium in another city. It has to have that Nashville feel which I think is going to be great and going to be different than what's around the country. But when you get inside the stadium, it was important to us that every single seat is perfect. It's just going to be a great seat. I want to wrap up with this one. Your dad took a chance on this city over a quarter century ago. I'd say it's worked out okay. If he were here right now and he saw the renderings and he knew what the plan was and how people have come together to make this happen, what in the world would he say? Oh my gosh, he'd be so excited. You know, I'm going to tell you a little story about my dad when he was making the move from Houston. Nashville was the only city he would look at and the people that were helping him tried to get him. You know, to L.A., Mr. Adams, you need to at least see these other spots and he wasn't having it. He was like, I'm going to Nashville. Mayor Bredesen and I are going to get this done. He loved Tennessee and he loved Nashville and there was going to be no other home for him. So he would be so proud. That is Epic Western's genuine Titan, Amy Adams, Stronkin. I'll throw three things at you. Sixth Street winning seasons. She got the 2019 NFL Draft here. She's the 2019 Tennessee and of the year from the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. And Mike Vrabel, she gets stuff done. Yeah, and the thing that I always appreciate is she allows John and I to do our job. She trusts us and communicates clearly with what she wants and her expectations and her ability to come through here and give us the facilities that we need. The fans, I think that that's clearly obvious her thought about the fans and how important and how critical they are to our success as an organization. If you want to take another look at the renderings, go to TennesseeTitans.com. They're up there. The new stadium renderings release to the public today. There's going to be a lot more to come as people get excited about the new downtown Nashville Stadium. When we come back, we're going to know our foe. The Houston Texans. That's next on The Mike Vrabel Show, presented by Shift4. I'll give you back to the bed MGM Studio, The Mike Vrabel Show, presented by Shift4. Time to know your foe, the Houston Texans. It is a 305 kickoff this Sunday at NRG Stadium, Texans 1-4-1. They lost to the Raiders after a leading going into the fourth quarter. Let's talk about their young quarterback, Davis Mill. Yeah, I think he's really starting to settle down and figure out how to take care of the football. They're going to try to run it and use play action. You can see him, the more that he stays in the pocket, he can be successful. We're going to have to continue to find ways to affect him, but we're going to have to stop this running game. Number one high school quarterback in America coming out of Atlanta, Georgia when he went to Stanford. Good player last year, even better player this year. He's got a back now, too. A young man from Florida named Damien Pierce. Yeah, compact, strong runner, one-cut runner, gets downhill. He has fumbled twice, but you can see, you're going to have to put shoulder pads on him and gang tackle him. He's going to run through some arm tackles and just that one cut that we talk about that you continue to see. He doesn't waste a whole lot of time dancing. So it'll be important that we swarm and we rally to the football with Pierce. He's one of those strange running backs that seems to enjoy contact. Well, that usually helps, you know, and you can start to put, you know, they've stayed in games, you know, they've been leading, you know, in a lot of these games. They've outscored opponents 99 to 79 and through three-quarters. So, you know, they've been up in some games and they've been able to run it, and, you know, they went down to Jacksonville and pounded the football and was able to win down there. So we're going to have to go down there and be ready for him. Speed, they move. They move guys up front. Their front is active. The linebackers run, overlap, and, you know, they've been able to attack the football and get some turnovers and cause, you know, interceptions and cause fumble. So another new challenge every week. When we come back, Mike Vrabel's Nissan keys to victory over the Houston Texans. How do the Titans get to five and two? He'll tell you next. Mike Vrabel's show presented by Shift4. Shift4 shifts to the Nissan keys to beating the Houston Texans on Sunday. I would think they're going to want to run the ball. I do. I think that this is what they've decided to do with Damian Pierce. I think they've, you know, 100 carries, 500 yards close to, you know, 4.9 a carry. You know, you can't just assume because you stop the run one week. Every week is different. No cracks, gang tackle this guy. They want to run the football. Play some defense. Play action with Mills. So I think it's going to start with Pierce and forcing these guys into some longer yard situations. You know, Pierce never carried the ball more than 100 times in his career at Florida. They should have given it to him more because he's a good running back. Yeah, he really is. Alright, so let's take a look at Nissan key number two. Don't just talk about third down. Talk about first and second down. Yeah, we you can just see the difference, Mike in the last couple of years. You know, we've had a lot of different drives during the season when we're able to string some plays together for efficient on first and second down brings up third and short convert. You know, last week we had two 11 play drives and nine play drive and eight play drive against the team that was second in the league and three and outs. So, you know, we can do it. We just have to do it more consistently and avoid those critical mistakes or those negative plays that, but we have to get back to being great and punt coverage. You know, Desmond King averages the first down every time he returns it. We got to keep putting it better and we have to cover kicks or we got to get something out of our gunners. Our interior guys got to cover a lot of ground and you know, that's just somewhere I felt like last week we took a step back over all your special teams been very good. Not bad. All right, not bad. That's going to do it for this edition of the Mike Vrable show presented by Shift Center. Remember Titans Radio Sunday at 305 Titans of the Texans. Thanks for joining us and we'll see you next time.