 I want to see speed everybody fly around to the ball. That's what I need them to say the most move fast And all to the Titans Blitz you can see we're still crazy about this team. We're still in first place in the AMC South We're still rolling playoff is in our site. We'll get to that. I'm a little hyped as you can see. It's Christmas I love this time of year. What's going on everybody? Welcome to the Titans Blitz. I'm Lance Smith You're not here to see me. You're gonna see this guy CJ 2k Chris Johnson is joining us tonight Happy holidays. Good to see you sir. Glad to be here. Yeah You're getting ready for the big season for the big day. Not tomorrow night's game for Christmas. Yeah, yeah I know for Christmas or whatever. Be glad when it's over The kids anxious. Yeah. Yeah, the kids anxious. They ready to open presents and all that you ready to move it up That's a nice Christmas. Go ahead. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, just get it done All right, man. Well good to have you back. Let's get into it. Let's talk about this game Let's do some hot takes with CJ. We're also gonna get to know you a little bit later We got some fun stuff planned for this this show, but let's talk about this game that was Against the Pittsburgh Steelers the game that as we all watch thought oh looking good. Oh in control. Oh, what happened? Of notes moving on to next week's the AJ Brown, by the way cleared to play so fingers crossed to get him tomorrow night Chris Jackson Chris Jackson outside of the ball cleared returning from IR. So hopefully we get those guys in the field tomorrow night unfortunately Taylor one Roger Saffold out for tomorrow, which some of you may have heard That's a big ouch. Yeah, we'll get to that Let's talk about this game turnovers Turnovers it's so frustrating You don't plan on it to happen. You just got to suck it up and deal with it. But I mean on the sideline How much does this hurt to watch? It hurt a lot. Yeah, you know anytime where we had three four four three fumbles Interception. Yeah. Yeah, anytime you have four turnovers That's going to be hard to win that game. You're giving the other team four more opportunities Then they normally will have and you know anytime you lose the turnover battle It's a good chance that that you're going to lose that game. Yeah, as you can see Takeaways giveaway the ratio of negative seven now for the year. We were in the positive side of that. Look that the turnover thing that is not indicative of a mic label team So you know we handle it. You know they're taking care of it. But uh, yeah and now with that Okay, we hung in there. It came down to the wire One yard short, dare I say of moving forward? I hate that phrase, but it's something we know Uh, but the defense though give it up for this defense because Look Sometimes it's the offense. It's running with things sometimes the defense is running with this defense So it was with something to watch allowed the fewest yards since 2010 surrendered to only 160 total yards against Pittsburgh They were kicking field goals because that's where they were getting the ball But the defense was shut them down when you watch games today, cj Do you watch do you watch what the defense is giving the offense? What do you have? How do you view a game? I definitely watch what the defense is doing and stuff like that because these days in And ages they won't they wanted to throw the ball out of the field and put up all these points Yeah, they want that for the entertainment But back to the old days when you playing good defense you run the ball and stuff like that So I like to watch the game watch the game where it's a good defense going on and that's what we were doing That's what we were doing in this game So talk to me about what you see in our defense because Ali swarmed tackling uh dupree autry jones All sacks all getting sacks uh that they were two for 11 third down conversions the Steelers were I mean, so as an offensive player seeing our defense. I mean, it's the stellar, right? Yeah, they stellar Yeah, anytime you got a defense that's going to um get on the quarterback and frustrate the quarterback That's the that's the number one thing, you know, if you frustrate the quarterback Um, you should have a good day and then we swarming to the ball making tackles Stopping their run game all the all the right things we need to do and if you look at the overall game For us to have four turnovers and still almost win the game, right? That's a that's a good good point to look at The the we've lost three out of the last four and in these three losses turnovers is the story and we're still in it And we're still in it. So pump the brakes We'll get it fixed Another tip of the hat a new guy to the teams that cunningham led the team in tackles actually the guy was hitting hard Punishing players on the field. So great to see cunningham's debut with the team He's fitting in nicely of course verable likes to work with the guys. He knows well hard hitter Man, uh, and then of course something, you know, so well our rushing game even without derrick henry Deontay foreman is a force man See what I did there It's 22 rushes over a hundred yards Kind of ronds like henry likes to likes to hurt Okay, I I didn't say he was henry. He's looking at me like come on man. So henry's some respect But he does he likes to punish Uh, would be defenders like watching him run. What do you see out of foreman? Yeah, he's a he's a hard runner Yeah, I said something about him a couple weeks ago. I'm about him coming in and I think he was a 2000-yard wrestler in college Yeah, or whatever But anytime you got a good offensive line that's going to open the holes and you got somebody to come in there And and run the ball hard. That's that's kind of like our formula We're gonna play good defense and run the ball and I can see him getting more comfortable as as the game Go on and the more games he's playing. He's getting more and more comfortable and Um, I think he'll be a big force for us. I'd like to pair him with henry I'm just saying that's a lot of meat in the backfield right there Uh, the team is a total in this game put up a 200 yards on the ground something I know you like to see. All right, uh, cj is going to hang out We're going to get to know this guy a little bit better a little uh more for the holidays Find out what you're up to right now though as we go to break here some Nissan memorable moments Stick around tighten Kill here's the tail back Sneaking tannahill being pushed Touchdown tight That's seven on the year He's in trouble. Robless Berger said Robless Berger. He's grabbed. He is sad But you've seen it before It's coming to you live from Nissan stadium downtown national lance smith chris johnson back with you Uh, you know the holidays are upon us. We've got a game tomorrow night. It's a great season We're all gathered together. So I would slow things down a little bit on this segment and uh have a little wine time with cj 2k Uh sponsored by the official wine club of the tennessee titans the foolish club Check this out. The foolish club is the perfect gift for the upcoming holiday season You can give the gift just a first shipment of these amazing nap of valley wines are truly surprised at special someone are joined to gain access to a special member Store for the holidays foolish club members receive exclusive access to amazing gifts There's a vast selection of three bottle and single bottle wooden crate gift sets that'll be sure to please any titans fan Go to foolish club dot com for more info and to join the club So I raise a glass to you sir and to the fans here to our All the titan nation out there. Enjoy. I'm drinking the uh rough and dressed myself That's what my wife calls me. Okay, so uh, but I want to get to know you a little better here in our little wine time This is great. Um Favorite segment of the year cj. It's a holidays. So I want to know you a little better. We've got a list of questions here I'm gonna ask you a little this or that. Would you rather? Okay, here we go First up favorite holiday gift you ever got as a child actually um Yeah My mom and dad got me and my brothers the sega genesis sega genesis. Sega genesis sega Yeah, put a lot of hours in that thing. Yeah any football games. Yeah the prime time Of course, of course, that's what got him ready. It's got to start. Uh, best holiday song worst holiday song best holiday song Um, I like the moray carry. See, I think that's the same answer. Yeah, I like the moray carry It's the best and worst because by the end of it. You're like Yeah, it's done for next year. All right Uh, would you rather would you rather sing a christmas carol in public or a dance in the nutcracker? Probably dancing in the nutcracker. I figured that because you're an athlete and that's a physical performance with a lot of wine A lot more foolish club to get this man on stage at the nutcracker. All right Uh, would you rather have a white christmas or a tropical christmas? Um tropical tropical. Yeah. All right. Don't go. No. I hate it. Why are tropical? Tropical. Why do I? In tennessee, we say tropical. All right. Let's uh, uh real tree artificial tree Um, real real tree. I gotta have a real tree. Uh, elf ears forever or a santa beard forever Um, santa beard. Right because at least it's natural. Yeah, santa beard. Okay Uh, this is a weird. I like this one experience christmas in 1800 or 2100 Ah I'll say 2100 right. You might be wearing a hazmat suit all the time. Yeah, I know Radiation thought who knows. All right. And then lastly I want to get to this real quick. Uh, look This will call this the nice list. You're two favorite runs of all time The first one you said because actually it's really against the texans. Mm-hmm. Yeah Yeah, let's pull up why this particular run right here um, because when I was coming into the league or whatever they was trying to say like I was a A smaller bag That I couldn't break tackles and stuff like that. So you didn't necessarily break tackles You bounced off like a pinball and just kept going and who was that that you trucked over? Um, that was brand cushion. That was brand cushion all the time Not a lot of guys trucked brand cushion. Uh, and the next up cj versus the jags. This is same season, right? Oh, no Yeah, same season. Okay. And same reason. Yeah, same reason. I love this run. I've seen this runner a few times whoop Yeah Did you like content you liked it because they said you couldn't now I love content. Yeah, I always loved it Yeah, and then love getting away from it as you did often all down the field. All right, I love it I love it. Uh cj2k man. Merry christmas. Happy holidays. It's been fun. Have a little wine with you sir All right, man. Uh, we got he's not going anywhere. We'll talk uh the uh game coming up tomorrow night and just a little bit But on the other side, we've got the titans trivia gauntlet stick around Test your knowledge Titans blitz uh, merry christmas. Happy holidays to you all Hey, listen If you're looking for that special gift to find somebody, this is very cool. I don't know if you check this out Uh, we have a an auction happening. Okay. It's at auctions dot tennessee titans dot com Autograph stuff use gear. It's very cool bid on it and it benefits the tennessee titans foundation Which helps out all kinds of a great charity in the area You can scan the qr code that's on your screen right now or go to auctions dot tennessee titans dot com But scan the qr code because it's very hip very now very current. It's very technical But it's very easy and it takes you right there and you can bid on something and you can get maybe cj's pants Is that weird cj? We'll talk about that in the next segment. Uh, not the ones he's wearing right now Once he played in anyway, it's time for the titans trivia gauntlet Yeah, they're excited about it Let's get right into it. We don't have a lot of time sitting with me. I have two mics here I have santa mic and regular mic One day one day right now. He's just an elf. Uh, mic and mic. Let's get into it santa mic won the Rock paper scissor contest the beginning. So he has the first question. They do start off easy. They get harder here We go first question you santa mic What was the team nicknamed before it became the titans 1999 is that the oilers the tornadoes the texans of the cougars the oilers. Please say cougars That was a while ago. It was very good Okay, next question for you mic What is it titans primary logo? Is that a shield a fireball a chariot or a sun? It's like a shield with a sword. Okay, what would you call like think of our logo? Let's what are you see our logo? Where is it a shield a chariot of fireball or fireball? Okay, good. I was only in safe fireball Last help i'm giving you okay cool fireball next up santa mic What term is typically used for the group that includes cornerbacks and safeties is that the border the backfield the secondary or the flat secondary secondary two points to you santa mic Regular mic you're next The term Red zone refers to the offense getting inside which yard line of the opponent Would that be the five the 10 the 20 of the 25 yard line 20 yard line 20 yard line. He knows football Here we go santa mic how many you're getting more they're getting difficult here. How many cross stitches Does an nfl football have and it's laces two four six or eight Eight eight cross stitches laces out finkel and ironhorn finkel and ironhorn uh next up Mike Where did chris johnson famously play the bongos during a touchdown celebration? Was it canza city indianapolis, atlanta or st. Louis? We'll help from the crowd. He's looking around canza city indianapolis atlanta or st. Louis i'm gonna say canza city canza city. Yes, it was In a sea of red. He just put the count on those things Rendition in the next break chris. All right next question for you santa mic In 2018 whose record did darik henry matched to become the second player in nfl history with a 99-yard rushing touchdown. Was it tony dorsett walter paton bow jackson or curtis martin Tony dorsett tony dorsett. Yes, I believe it was it was monday night football final question You both get to answer regular mic. We are starting with you Rich titans player grew up in alburn alabama, but attended the university of alabama Derek henry rashaun evans jayon brown or adam humphreys He's feeling it I think you're trying to trick me. I'm not I promise darik henry. Derek henry. What say you santa mic rashaun evans rashaun evans two points to santa mic. It was rashaun evans in fact Santa maybe it's the holidays santa mic wins. Congratulations That one that was tough perhaps this goes into someone's stocking. I don't know. It's a sign a j brown many helmet There's nothing regular about you mic mic and mic. Thank you so much for playing Give a round of applause Nissan stadium downtown nashville lansmith christ johnson back with you Uh, listen tomorrow night. Yes, we've got a game here, but it's also the conclusion of the 2021 titans raffle. Check it out right here Scan the qr code Get in on this, but the current jackpot. It's up to uh, almost 18 000 dollars over 17 000 right there Or you can go to titans dot bump 50 50 dot com, but I prefer qr code But do you can buy a five tickets or five dollars ten tickets ten dollars 100 tickets 20 you name it by as many tickets as you want And half the money here goes to the titans foundation Which benefits a ton of local communities and a lot of people in the in the area So do check it out and get as many tickets as you can we'll announce in the third quarter, right? Third quarter announcing it's a bar's game. So check that out You can get some tickets too if you want even if you played for the team Yeah, uh, no rules against it Let's talk about this uh, this niner's team. So they're hot They won five of the last six to coming in hot. They got something through their plan for something Uh Just another game for us. I mean you can't you can't look at the past I mean, how do you as a player In a mindset but a mindset together to get over these losses and just get ready for this thursday night game Basically, you guys just look at a big picture knowing like we trying to Secure spotting the playoffs and just have momentum going into the playoffs I know we didn't lost what three out of the last four or whatever So you don't want to go in the playoffs that way you want to try to build some momentum Win these last couple games going to playoffs feeling good by yourself. Yeah, and then shoot for the Super Bowl run Couple players they have in their team to watch out for um on defense. We need 11 guys on debo Samuel I don't think the numbers work that way. Uh, but but that's how I'd play it. Um, because this guy Is playing incredible football multi-talented Uh, I mean, what do you see when you watch a guy like that? Uh, man, you could put him anywhere on the field. He lines up at receiver Right there around routes catch the ball. They put him in the back field He run regular running back runs like they don't just put him in there and run them on reverses Yeah, stuff like that. He ran in between the tackle on some runs and stuff like that So it's it's just hard. You just got to make sure you run to the ball and keep out on Yeah, uh, another guy and this guy actually calls Nashville home Uh, George Kittle tight in George Kittle. He's uh, is a dynamite, uh, tied in Tough as nails Another guy to watch that we've got to shut down. But I mean, I really feel CJ that our defense is up to this challenge. It's just can our offense get on the same page Yeah, we definitely are to the challenge. We haven't been having many problems with our defense We're gonna get to the quarterback. We're gonna swarm the ball or whatever We just need the offense to step up. Yeah make some plays especially in the passing game Wouldn't mind seeing a turnover though come our way jimmy g's do jimmy g is do Kevin Byrd's out there hungry hungry for one. Uh, yeah, look, hey, it's gonna be exciting game It's thursday night football. It's under the bright lights the big stage all eyes watching Did you have nerves going to these these? Tell it nationally televised games. No, we love those games. Love it. We ready for prime time Yeah, hey, we've done well on prime time so far this year, right? Did it against the rams against the bills. We can handle this. This is our house We're going to show the world what's up. Plus, hey get there and stay in your seats for halftime I've seen a little preview myself. I know some people we've got a killer halftime show. It's going to be great lights CJ 2k ladies and gentlemen, Chris Johnson Hey man Happy holidays, man. Merry christmas Merry christmas and tighten up as always be safe out there. We'll see you here in nissan city tomorrow night Tighten up everybody