 everybody to the Titans Blitz presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. I am Lance Smith. This is the legend Eddie George here with us and the Blitz Lounge. They're excited. Welcome one and all. Eddie, we do have to talk about this game that happened on. Yeah, of course we don't. I'm glad to see the virtual lounge really excited about they are, you know, things, things but not lost. Keep the hype. Keep it going. Keep it going. We're gonna break it down. We're gonna break it down. All right. You good though? You ready to do this? Man, I'm ready to do. I'm born to do this man. Let's kick off the show. Uh and with that, it is time for four downs with Eddie sponsored by course and fire and security. Uh now normally in a situation like this, Eddie, we do the good, the bad, the ugly, but we're gonna do it in reverse. Yeah. So, we'll start with the ugly. Yeah, let's start with the ugly. Oh, it's ugly. It was terrible. It was it was it was an ugly first half. Yeah, ugly first punch in the mouth. I mean, we punched in the mouth last week and we got punched in the mouth this week. Yeah. Couldn't recover from that. Perhaps maybe a little payback from what we did to them week one last year. We went to their house and kind of did this to them. Yeah. Yeah, but you know, you know, you had these type of games and four turnovers right here. But turnovers, you come out a little flat. Uh all eyes on the Titans. The expectations are pretty high for them to win this game. Uh a lot of people include myself thought they would win this game at home but you know, that's the great equalizer is turnover is there. Um you know, and of course with Derek Kenbury who never fumbles and I was just telling somebody this week, you know what Derek has hasn't fumbled at all this year. Yeah, it's been a year. It's been it's been this year but you'll see here gets the ball insecure enough and those three plays that have turned over there, the pick, this fumble, and the missed fourth down call really set that awful call for I felt like it was a bad spot all along. Yeah, terrible. And and they didn't didn't have a chance to review it. I mean, I don't think they can reviewed it but it was it was you get they didn't have a good look at it. Right. Well and in the in the secondary too, we've had problems in the secondary. It's something that we sort of patched together as it's been a year. It has but we hadn't seen this in a few weeks. Right. And unfortunately and and I did not think this happened. They were averaging 190 yards through the air per game and and then Baker decided well we all thought this was going to be the battle of running backs to best right in the league. Yes, Eric Henry and and then Chubb. So that's what we thought but they were able to do it kudos to the Cleveland. Yeah. They exposed some of our weaknesses in the passing attack. Baker Mayfield had a career day. He did. He did. All right. So that was the ugly. Get that out the way. We're done. That's with second down. Let's move on to the bad. Third down also a problem again. Again, this is another problem that we had had thought we had fixed. But third down was an issue on defense. They kept moving the ball. We take two steps forward. Mm hmm. One step or five steps back. Yeah. And and that's been the the the the story of our defense here. You know, given a big third downs. Losing receivers in coverage. Some probably some miscommunication. You know, and Baker Mayfield again just taking advantage of those those key mistakes with us. And you know, it's almost like in the secondary, if you're not getting a good pass rush and not getting consistent, you're not in sync together in terms of the secondary and they're going to leave holes in the secondary and they just took advantage of that. And you know, you also look at, you know, a run game was pretty much shut down. I mean, we put it on on Tannehill. I mean, they they keyed in on of course. I mean, Derek is going to get attention from this point on. I mean, they're going to clog the holes are going to make him do double cuts. They're going to go low at him. He's the focal point. Stop 22 at all costs. He only got 15 carries, and that's when he's just starting to get going. 60 yards. Not a bad day for average, but we know he's a volume runner. If he's getting the ball in turn, that means the tights are in a good position. They fell behind early 38-7. So what can you do? We took him completely out of the game. No, it's true and had some drops in the game as well. It wasn't it wasn't pretty on the field, but again, a lot of what we're talking about was first half problems, first half problems. Moving down to a third down now the good, the good. Look, second half come back. It was 38-7 at the half. Then we hold him to three. Hold him to three in the second half. We made a game of it. We made a fight out of it. Listen, that's that's what you hope to carry over to this week, the last week's game. The second half, 31 points, made it close at the end. This game could have easily been 55 to just three or seven the way they were playing the first half, but really came out on fire, got the ball coming out of the second half, set its own, scored, found their confidence, found their rhythm, but a little too late for the Tennessee Titans. So the good thing about this offense is that they could score a score in bunches. Yeah, no they can't and that was the thing even with it sort of getting out of hand at some point. You're looking at the scoreboard, you're looking at the clock. You know the identity of this team this year and I wasn't freaking out, but then we just kept having one problem after the other. But you knew we could fight back and get into this thing and a big part of that. Corey Davis. I mean the year Corey Davis has been having, there's a big push for him on Titans Twitter online. Pay the man, give him a contract because I mean he's really, really earning it this year. Oh yeah, contract day, 182 yards. Contract here, big touchdown catch there, making big. I mean he's been big all year long. Big catch after big catch and you know you don't really appreciate a guy like him because he's not as explosive and flashy like AJ Brown, but he's a consistent ball player, moving the chains, coming up with big plays. My man should get a big contract coming up this season. He should and Tannehill look great, you know throwing, somebody's got to throw in the ball so Tannehill had ended up having a good day numbers wise and finally fourth down the silver lining to this thing. Hey, we're still number one in the AFC South. We still lead this division. This is a hiccup, this is, it happened, but something to learn from and it's something to learn from without scars. No scars, I mean it's not going to hurt you, playoff wise, but we would like to see them show up when they're expected to win. Yes, you know, you see what I'm saying like in terms of everybody's watching the national media is looking at us. Everybody's seeing the Titans are going to win. They should win this ball game and we have yet to, you know, but it's coming. We're not in the playoffs yet. Also part of that silver lining and we're talking about no scars unfortunately Adam Humphries on IR due to that that concussion, but a Dory Jackson practice today. Look at this. This is actual footage of a Dory Jackson doing the Dory Jackson things on a practice field. Nice backpedal. Yes, it's good to see him healthy coming back. He will be a great addition for the next month or so or for the Tennessee Titans. Much needed addition. Yes, they make an ability back there. We need him. We need him. We need him. So we like that. All right, you know 15 minutes can save you 15% or more on your car insurance with that. We'll go to break with our guide co fast 15 stick around Titans Blitz. We'll be right back. He takes the handoff running it left guard. Touchdown Titans. Jeremy McNichols to paydirt for the first time. Canada Hill throws Pruitt at the five. Pruitt and Michael Pruitt with a touchdown. You see what you're made of when you go through something tough. And yeah, it's been a tough year. But Tennesseans are built for this. Great passed down through generations. We look for it. We like it that way. Tennessee tough. All right, all right, all right. Welcome back to the Titans Blitz presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. Lance and Eddie back with you. It's halftime here on the show. And it's time now for one of my favorite segments that we put a local artist up to the challenge of drawing a portrait of one of our players and ask the players to guess who it is. I love this. We're going to play along too because I haven't seen this yet. So right now here is vague Van Gogh. Check this out. We got a big head as a Titan player. I hope that's not me. I guess I see like a angry face. This person has a Titans headband. Got a little bit of a beard. Got some little nub arms and muscles here. See a headband, a little bit of facial hair. A little bit of beard. This, this is AJ Brown. We're going to say Dacorn. He got a big head. Oh, there it is. The tail right there. That's Derek Henry right there. Beautiful way they made his head look extra big on that little body. But we all know he's big everywhere. I would say this is definitely Derek Henry. Got the headband here on top. Teeth straight, beautiful teeth. And I am over three. That's Derek Henry. And I'm right. My head ain't that big. But I got it. Got a spot on the big head. That's perfect. Thank you, Chloe. Taking some artistic liberties there. And my man Eddie called it. He called it. He knew it right away. Good job, Chloe. Very nice. Nailed it. All right. It's time now to play another little game with our, from our Blitz lounge. Let's bring in Bandit. My man Bandit's going to play Titans Challenge with us. How you doing Bandit? I'm so nervous, guys. I'm so nervous. Sweat bullets over here. You shouldn't be bandit. Breathe. You got this. There you go. Feel like I'm on fire right now. All right, man. Here we go. So I'm going to give you a category. In 20 seconds, you've got to name as many items in that category as you can. This week, you are going up against a Dory Jackson. Can you handle it? Okay. All right. Here we go. You ready for this? I got it. Let me ask you something, Bandit. Do you watch cartoons? I mean, is it wrong for me to say yes? No, actually. All right. Perfect. There you go. Bandit, you've got 20 seconds to name as many cartoon characters as you can. Ready, go. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Daffy Duck, Goofy. Why do I draw a blank right now? Think back to your childhood. Tom and Jerry. Hold on. Wait. I can't. I'm froze. Cartoon shows, characters, your childhood. Tom and Jerry. Pluto. Oh my goodness. Ding, ding, ding. I think a Dory just snuck up behind me. Tom and Jerry. All right. All right. You got five. We'll see how we did. All right. Look, I think a Dory smoked you. A Dory knows cartoons. Let's check this out. Here's a Dory Jackson with the Titan's Challenge. Bandit, you're in trouble, buddy. Eddie and Eddie. SpongeBob. Top of Girls. Kids next door. That's so Raven. That would be a cartoon. Wizard of Waverly Plays. CatDog. I don't know if I said Eddie and Eddie. Curse the Cowardly Dog. Doug. All that. Well, I'm sorry. That is a Titan's Challenge presented by the Tennessee and Bandit. Listen, the man's been injured. He's had a lot of time to watch cartoons. Maybe that's it. This is true. He snuck up and he took the pick. That's all that happened. That's all that matters. He's showing his true form. Bandit, thank you so much for playing. My heart goes out to you. Bandit, I'm disappointed in you, man. Hey, we got a game you had to talk about on the other side. Don't go far. Take that help. Divisional game coming up. I don't deserve the fire. Titan's Blitz, we're right back. I don't deserve the fire. Come on, Bandit. There he is. Welcome back to the Titan's Blitz presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. Lance and Eddie back with you. It is now the two-minute warning here on the show. So we got to talk about this game coming up. Guys, we are coming off a loss. So we got to get right. We got to get back. It's a divisional game down in Jacksonville. And so first key to victory, Eddie, I say to you, and we talk about this all the time, beware a team with nothing to lose. They got 11 straight losses and they do not care. Four out of the last five games, they lost by single digits. Yeah. This is a team that's one in 11 that hasn't figured it out yet how to win, but they're in every single game. So they're not going to lay down. So you got to go in there with the mentality to kick the door down for 60 minutes, lock the doors and be ready to battle because this team is going to keep fighting. They're finding ways to score. They're finding ways to stay in games. They're being very competitive. They're not just mailing it in for a draft pick. So beware of this team because they're very dangerous. And you always talk about these divisional games. It's like, throw your records out the window. These teams don't like each other. It goes way, way back. Especially with Derek. Henry has been doing to them the last few times. So they remember that. So they're going to be ready. Second key to victory here, lock up Mr. James Robinson. He is an undrafted free agent rookie that is lighting it up and it's in sneaky. His numbers on paper jump out at you. And he's fast. He's quick. He's fast. He's powerful. He's dangerous. He's running through people. He's running like an undrafted free agent. He's hungry. Literally, he wants some success. He wants to make a mark in his league. And my gosh, I mean, if he controls the game, it could be a problem. But I think we've got to control him, make them one-dimensional, put the game in Glendon's hands and try to force him into some mistakes because this kid's a problem right here. Titans did an excellent job and didn't get enough credit. That defensive line of ours did an excellent job against Nick Chubb in his last game. Held him to 80 yards and didn't run all over us. And it wasn't crazy. Unfortunately, it was Baker Mayfield throwing the ball. But we can stop the run. And third key to victory here, I think this is huge. Ryan Tannenhill talks about it in press conferences. I don't see it enough in the first half. We don't come out with a sense of urgency. We come out like surgeons almost on offense. It's like very methodical. We've been playing from behind a lot this year with the exception of Indianapolis. We came out, Bill's game, we came out, came on fire. And we've got to come out with a sense of urgency early. You've got to generate your own energy. There's no fans. And that's going to be a challenge for this team because you've got to draw off of something and it's been tough to do. It can be a little draining. So they're going to have to draw up that energy and start off fast and hit them in the mouth early. You know, you talk about the Colts and the first meeting we have at the Colts, that's the one thing I noticed with them is they played with such urgency all throughout the game. They were quick. They were fiery. We did that to them the second game. You're right. And it was this back and forth when we were on fire. So we've got to that. What do you tell your team? How do you do that as a team to get going early? You make it a point of emphasis. Maybe it's you're changing up your routine like your warm-up routine. Maybe you're coming out a little bit more in tuned, not so laxadaisical, drawing your own energy, change up something in terms of your pre-game routine so you can come out ready to play and have that sense of urgency and keep that sustainable throughout the rest of the game. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Well, that's what I want to see. That's the game plan, guys. There we go. All right, we're going to talk about the state of things on the other side. We're in the driver's seat and we'll show you just how it's all laid out. So stick around. Titan's Blitz will be right back. Whoo! Yeah! Let's go! Titan man there in the Blitz lounge. Everybody's excited there. Welcome back to the Titan's Blitz presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. Lance Smith, Eddie George back with you over time here on the show. So let's talk about it. We've got this big game coming up, divisional game. We're in the driver's seat currently. Pump up the brakes. We're number one right now in the division. We're good. So let's take a look at where things stand currently, sort of in our division in the AFC. Let's take a look right now. We'll throw it up on the board. So here we go. Right now, obviously the Steelers so far technically have that by Kansas City clenched. That's why they have the mark there. But there we go. So technically, if the playoffs started today, do you know that the Browns would come here for that wild card weekend? Wow. It'll be something, right? That would definitely be incredible. I mean, the great match. So they really didn't have a setback. So I mean, we lost a game. I'm all about some revenge games. I am too. All right. Let's take a look at the rest of the games, though, on our schedule. Also the Colts as well. So there we go. All right. So we've got the Jaguars obviously coming up. Lion's very winnable game. At Packers Sunday night, it's going to be a tough one. But we can shine. Texan's nothing to play for, but a divisional game there. Colts have, I think, a tougher schedule. That Raiders is no gamey. No. Steelers. It's like, I mean, in other words, I really, I like our, I like our, I really like our chances. But again, the Jaguars are a dangerous team. And I don't like a team that's 1-11, that's losing by just two points. I mean, they're going to play. So don't be deceived by that. But I really like our chances better to finish out winnable games for sure. The, the, the chart we just looked at, the teams and the records and whatnot. Do you prefer, if you're a head coach, do you prefer your players not to, not to even look at that? Oh yeah. Don't, don't look at it. Just taking one game at a time and treat every game as if it is a playoff game. Right. You do that, take care of business, beat the teams you're supposed to beat and you'll find yourself playing for Lombardi Trophy. We talk about this a lot and, and we say this phrase, the playoffs start now. We said this a few weeks back, talking about playing the, you know, the Colts or playing the Ravens. And it's, but it's with four games left, this is playoffs for the playoffs. This is all about position. This is moving day. I mean, golf, you have moving day. This is definitely the moving period. For teams vying for those playoff spots, trying to lock up the division, trying to lock up your playoff, wild card playoff. And now, you know, things are shaping up beautifully. We got to take care of business now. This is where the rubber meets the rule, my friend. You heard the man said, legends had it himself. Look, this game, this last game, it's in the past. It's history. This game right here is all that matters right now. Blitz lounge. Thank you for being with us. All Titans fans everywhere. We love you, Charlie True. Love you, sir. Tighten up, y'all. Let's go, let's go, let's go.