 Welcome one and all to the Titans Blitz presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. That's the Blitz Lounge hanging out with us. I'm Lance Smith. Filling in for Eddie George is the one and only Keith Bullock. Good to see you, sir. Great to see you. Great to see you. Listen to that virtual crowd. I like it. I like it. They like it. It's new. It's new, right? As is everything this year. My friend, it's good to have you back. It's great to be back. Great to have you. A lot going on. I know you got a business you're running now. Yeah, man. Caught me on waffles right now. It's crazy. It's good. It's fun. It's real fun. Yes. I want to talk more about that later in the show. The whole opportunity and everything. Of course, we got a lot to get to on this show. So let's do what we do. We'll kick off the show. Thanks for the Blitz Lounge for being here and hanging out with us. We'll talk to them in a little bit. Titans fans woke up to some rough news with the COVID list. Obviously we heard we had two positives. Actually one positive test, but still it's one we didn't want. That name would be Corey Davis has now added to that list. So before we get into our show and talk about things, let's go ahead and break it down. I'll show you right now the full COVID-19 list, reserve list for the Titans, Cameron Batson, Card Blowsing Game, Bo Brinkley, Kamali Correa. The list goes on. Unfortunately, Corey Davis, as I mentioned, added to the list Christian Fulton, Titan Tommy Hudson, wide receiver Adam Humphries. And final page, I promise you, Daquan Jones, Greg Maven, Jeffrey Simmons, and rookie Isaiah Wilson, still there on the reserve COVID list. That's a lot of starters. It's a lot of players. A lot of players. Ouch. Yeah. Man, this is a new time. You're joking earlier. You're joking with me about last time I was in a pandemic. I've never been in a situation. Right. So with that being said, the adjustment for Coach Raebel, who we played at the same time, him being a head coach now, this is all on the fly. So the fans look to us to know what's going on, and that would be great if we knew. Right. But we're just as much in the dark as them. There's a whole lot of uncertainty out there right now. That's for sure. All right. Well, let's continue doing what we do, though, and talk about what we know right now. And this is Four Downs with Eddie, presented by Course in Fire and Security. Of course, it's Four Downs with my man, Keith, right here. It's all good. It's all good. It's all good. It's a graphic I've got to read anyway. Four Downs with Keith. Eddie, is someone good to follow by? That's right. Right. So normally, right at this point in the show, we're talking about the game that was, we had a bi-week sneak up on us. So let's talk about where we are at this point in the season. We're a quarter of the way through the season. So let's break down this AFC South. We'll talk about the leaders of the AFC South right now, the Tennessee Titans with our first down. Yes, yes. Hey, we haven't been undefeated at week five since 08. Remember that. Yeah, for sure. All right. So let's talk about the strengths of this Titans team so far, strengths being running the ball well. Absolutely. What do you like about what you're watching in our office? What I like about what I'm watching on offense is, like you just said, they're running the ball well. That means they're controlling the clock. They're able to control the tempo of the game. And then when you get late in that third, fourth quarter, even if the game is close, their running game has never slowed down. It only gets better. I know those guys obviously without preseason, for whatever reason, it just seems offense is key to be able to keep churning once they get it going and defense is weakened. Yeah. And we've also had a lot of like really clutch receiver play up till now. Unfortunately, with a lot of those names on that list, being wide receivers, we'll see what Sunday looks like. But still, we've had a really nice clutch receiver game. The Henry Tannehill tandem working exceptionally well. Yeah. I love what I've been seeing out of Ryan Tannehill. It's one of those things where, okay, we expect Derek Henry to go for 150 yards every game. That's not going to happen. Ryan Tannehill is a seasoned veteran at this point. And they've been doing a great job. He and Arthur Smith mixing in the play-action pass, taking shots downfield to loosen up the defenses to allow that offense and the offensive line to do their thing. And Derek Henry to run behind those big guys up front. Yeah. Yeah. Well said. I think we're going to get a little bit of a sense more as we go along. That's a point that needs to be addressed. But throughout the league, I think, moving on to second down, though, the second down here in four downs, we'll talk about the Indianapolis Colts. I think they are the team for us to watch in this division. Wouldn't you agree? Yeah, definitely. I definitely say so. The Colts, they got off to what? It's this first month is like preseason games. That's how you have to look at it because they haven't had a preseason. So they lost to Jacksonville who we beat. Yeah. Yeah. They've been down a three game win streak since then. Phillips Rivers is starting to get comfortable in what he's doing. And their defense is pretty stout. They have a number 53 over there. Darius Leonard that it's just hard not to notice the plays that he makes. Yeah. Well, talk about, so Phillip Rivers right here coming from the Chargers to make this switch. I mean, he is, he's hitting on all cylinders early here. I didn't know if people were still expecting that, really quick. That's something to look out for, especially with our secondary, secondaries across the league sort of struggling, but you mentioned it, man. Darius Leonard, DeForest Button are there on the other side of the line. I mean, that defense is the highest scoring defense in the league, technically. So what is your suggestion coming from that side of the ball? How do you attack something like that? I think you try and go right at them. You know, they're going to poke their chest out with some bravado. So you go right at them. So they're down in the box thinking, Derrick Henry, Derrick Henry. And then like we said earlier, you hit them with that play action pass. Johnny Smith was playing well. You know, get Corey Davis healthy, get AJ Brown back in the mix and, you know, Humphreys, all those guys get them down field, stretch the field. So big, big Arthur Smith job there, right? All right. Well, moving on to third down here in four downs. Third down, we'll talk about the Jacksonville Jaguars, mentioned them already. They're, you know, they came out of the gate looking strong where they played the Colts. Yeah. But they fell apart. I mean, tough game against us. Definitely fell apart against Miami. And, you know, you're going to see that from a young team. You know, those first, they won the first game. They probably felt they could have beat us here when they played, but they didn't come out on top. And then it's a snowball effect. Now they're sitting there at 0-1-4 with some nice young talent. But at the same time, it seems like that rebuilding situation is happening in Jacksonville. But think about the NFL any given Sunday when you have talent. A team can be victorious. You don't ever want to sleep on anybody. Yeah, no, that's true, especially in these divisional match-ups. I know they're always played so close. But yeah, Robinson and Chinalt, the rookies down there, doing a really great job with what they've got. And finally, who knew they'd be the last here in this little talk? We're having the Houston Texans imploding, falling apart, whatever you want to call it. This is tragic because there should be talent on this team. They should be doing something. I mean, there is talent. They were a playoff team last year. Obviously, they just fired their head coach, Bill O'Brien. They felt he was the reason. But the team goes out. The players go out there and play the game. And granted, they played some tough games to start the season. Yeah. But there have been opportunities for them to win. And obviously, the management saw that that fell on the coaches. But when you have a quarterback like the Sean Watson, you should be able to pull some wins out. And we just don't want them to be against us as the season goes on. I take it from all that you just said you would have kept Hopkins. Yeah. I think so. When you have a young quarterback that's developing one of the best in the league, you don't get one of his favorite weapons. That's just like Kansas City getting rid of Tariq Hill. And that does not make any sense. Don't break it up. Why'd you do it? I don't know. He's gone now. All right. Good for us. Yeah. No, it's great for us, for sure. All right. We've got lots more to talk about. You guys know 15 Minutes Can Save You. 15% or more on your car insurance. We'll be right back. There we go. There we go. Mike, go through it. Thank you. Firing right-side ball kipped up in the interceptic fold. It's to keep this game moving on. You see what you're made of when you go through something tough. Steady rainfall. And yeah, it's been a tough year. But Tennesseans are built for this. Grid passed down through generations. We like it that way. It's back, baby. Tennessee Tough. Like the Blitz Lounge there. Welcome back to the Titans Blitz presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. Half time here on the show. I'm Lance. This is all pro linebacker Keith Bullock recently. Listen, I've been missing playing games with these fans, not being in the stadium. But I brought a favorite game that we play in the stadium to Beverly right there who's in the Blitz Lounge. So here's how she played our Academy Beat the Clock. Check this out. Go, Beverly. I'm hanging out now with a season ticket member. I know so well from the 22nd element, the Facebook group for season ticket members. Beverly, how you doing? Doing well. I'm very excited. Glad to be here today. Thanks for having me. What a season we've had so far, huh? These games have been exciting. It's incredible. Yeah, they're doing really well. Yeah, so happy for the start we've had this season. All right. Well, obviously this is a little unconventional. We played these games on the field. We're going to play a little Academy Sports and Outdoors Beat the Clock. Are you ready? Can you handle this pressure? I'm ready. All right. We've got Duke involved. Duke, tell her what she's betting on. Head out to your favorite picnic spot with your meal packed in the Eagle Trail made journey 70 quart all-terrain cooler designed with a padded glove box, serving tray, food basket and two accessory holders for versatile storage. This cooler offers oversized, never flat wheels and a padded telescoping handle for easy portability. All right, Beverly. That igloo cooler is what you're betting on. You have to guess the exact price. If you hit the price on the head, we're going to give you a $100 gift card to Academy Sports and Outdoors. You guessed the price. I'll tell you higher, low, 20 seconds on the clock. Here we go. 100. Higher. 150. Higher. 200. Lower. 175. Higher. 180. Higher. 185. Higher. 190. Higher. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. That's a buzzer. She got it. 129. Oh my gosh. Thank you. That's crazy. Beverly, you earned it. I like a buzzer beater. That's very Titan-esque. You are a Titans fan. I am. I am. So excited. Tighten up. There you go. Good job. Thanks for your time. She was even nervous watching the segment run. She knew she won the whole time. All right. Well, hey, we're going to go to this real quick. On the other side, we'll talk about this bill's game. But you've been here a while. We're putting young artists up to a challenge to see if our current Titans players can judge their art, we'll say. Anyway, here is Vague Van Gogh, presented by Coca-Cola. You like this? Yes. OK. What do we have here? Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Man. Man, I'm just laughing at these nose right here. The mustache going on. This is very artistic. This is something you know when you go to the art show or something. Put this paint up there in a while. You're trying to figure out what's going on, who it is. By the hair and the nose, it looks like a vest. Uh-uh. A tight little one. So off-rips, just by this mustache that's right here. And this cut, it's only one answer. And that's Coach Vrable. What you're seeing is Coach Vrable, who just somehow fell into like an ice tub, because his hair is kind of low, not really spiking up with the gel like he likes it. His token sweater with the long sleeves, the little vest, and a smile on your face. Which you know, we hope to see more often this year. I hope I'm able to get this one. This is a very good representation of me missing an ear. I think this is Mike Vrable. Let's check it out. And look at that. Coach Vrable. Mike Vrable. I know what gave it away. The nose. My bad, Coach. Looking fat, too. I'm going to go home and pee right now. Back to the Titan splits presented by Farm Bureau Health plans. Lance Smith hanging out with Keith Bullock. Mr. Monday Night. It's a Wednesday. It's too many warning here on the show. Let's talk about this game coming up. We don't know what's going to happen. Right now, there's a game happening on Sunday, so I'm going to talk about it. These bills. They're tough. Yeah, man. They're playing great football. Josh Allen seems like he's been able to find his groove. He has a big-time receiver in Stefan Diggs. Yeah. He's throwing 12 touchdowns with one pick. So that's it. Beware of the air assault. Really, the first key. You said it. I mean, it's funny when Josh came into the league. You had an arm, had a cannon. We knew it, but he was known for running, because he was a big boy. But he is really lighting it up in the air. Like you said, Stefan Diggs. John Brown. He's got some speed back there. Cole Beasley clutched their down receiver. I didn't think the bills would be an air assault team. I didn't. But there they are. Yeah. I mean, you don't think so. But to what you said, he's been known as a runner early in his career. And he still can run. He still does that very well. But with those additions of the deep threats, Stefan Diggs and Nicole Beasley and the John Brown deep threat, I think it's just giving them the spacing he needs to be able to show that arm that we know he's had. Now, you know, as a defensive guy, I mean, we were talking about this little off camera before the show. It seems to me, league-wide, defenses are just a little slower to start because they didn't get a preseason. They didn't get an offseason. Yeah. So are the bills just more or less taking advantage of that right now? I think that offenses are just a little further along just because of the fact that, look, there's a lot of communication that goes on to defense. If I'm a defense coordinator, I might come out vanilla. I'm not trying to throw too many blitzes. I'm not trying to do what I can do with my first front-four pass rush. And yeah, I agree. Offenses are definitely taking advantage of that. Second and final point here, which I think is a major key to beating the bills, own the clock and you do that by giving Henry the ball, right? It might even be a weather game. Feed the big fella. If it's a weather game, that's what you need to do. Just feed the big fella, play action pass, short to control the clock with the first downs when you get in the red zone, be efficient. Build goals are good too because you've got to remember they have to play with the elements as well. So that's how you're going to negate that air attack by slowing the ball down when the Titans have the ball offensively. That's what I want to see, one of those old school grinded out, greedy Titans wins. In the mud. In the mud. Let's get it. He knew how to do it. He knew how to do it. No, it's a winnable game even with all the guys we've got out. I like our chances here. We'll talk a little bit more with Keith Bullock on the other side. Stick around, Titans Blitz. We'll be right back. In a virtual way, welcome back to the Titans Blitz presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. It's now overtime here on the show. Been hanging out with our Blitz lounge folks. And I'm hanging out with all pro linebacker, Mr. Keith Bullock. Dude, it's so good to see you again. You've been busy though. Running a business. Tell me about Just Love. Yeah, man. I got into business when I was done playing and I've been doing business for a while and I wanted to bring and be a part of something here local, a local business in Just Love is a local business, a local coffee brand out of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. We have our own roaster, a portion of the proceeds from the founder Rob Webb. He started it because he has two adopted daughters and a portion of proceeds goes towards adoption as well as foster care. Now that I'm aboard and what I brought you is one of my signature blends that will be coming out for the holiday season. I did that myself. I did the cupping. I love it. Everything that goes into it. So fans and people will be able to get that soon. So yeah. They'll be able to pick this up at Just Love? Yeah, at Just Love at my signature store at Just Love McEwen in Franklin, but obviously we'll have online sales and everything. Portion of proceeds goes to adoption and foster care. Which I know is really close to your heart system you grew up in. Yeah. So that's fantastic. Talk to me real quick. We only got about a minute left. How important is it for players right now in their career, rookies, five-year tenure vets to kind of have an idea of the things they want to get into like this outside of football? Yeah, I think it's very important. When I played, I took several courses, one at Harvard, one at Wharton, one at Stanford just to see what I liked outside of football when it came to business because I know that I was accumulating, you know, a lot of money and I just want to know what direction I wanted to go in. And I think it's important for players to take that time in the off-season to explore what they like and figure things out because we all know football isn't forever. Yeah, no, it's not. But man, it's so good while it lasts and it was so fun to watch you on that field with those red gloves. Always got to see them with red gloves. Mr. Monday Night Keith Bullock, thank you so much for joining us here. Blitz Lounge, thank you for being here. As always, Titan Up! We will see you next week with a win! Yeah!