 Are you ready for the schedule to the Titans locker room? I'm Mike Keith This is coach Dave McGinnis from Titans radio. We're excited to have PSL founders with us. Yes for the first time we've ever done an event in the Titans locker room We're here tonight to talk about the 2022 Titans schedule. What a great thing Give yourselves a hand. Yes, and this is presented by shift for the Official payment solutions partner of the Tennessee Titans Schedule release has become a major event when you were coaching Did you take it this seriously? Yes. Okay. This is a big deal I mean, it's a big deal for you as a coach and a player it really and for fans I mean because you work all off-season you put a group together during the draft You've got it You've got a new group that you're getting ready to bring together on the field You know for the for the training camps, but you want to know you've got to know as a coach So you can start to prepare and so this is this was always a big deal And it's it's getting to be a bigger deal, which is great by me Mike. It's a good good thing All right, so we're ready to take a look at it Let's go game by game for the 2022 Titans schedule in the preseason three games Two of them are at home and the Titans will open in the preseason at Baltimore on August the 11th at 630 and then we'll come home to play Tampa and Arizona in weeks two and three the dates and times to be determined so again Baltimore at Baltimore week one of the preseason Thursday August the 11th then home for Tampa Bay and home for Arizona those are the three preseason games the regular season opener at Nissan Stadium right here 325 central time the Titans will open up against the New York Giants. Let's go And from there we are on the road to Buffalo Monday night football against the Bills the Titans and Bill Square off for the fifth consecutive season third consecutive year in primetime Coach back Buffalo will have had 11 days rest before this game because they actually Open the regular season on September 8 at Sofie Stadium against the World Champion Rams They absolutely do but you know what I don't care because we Played them last year With a 16 day break and we had no practice and we beat them So you know what how much that bothers me close me close your eyes. Tell me what you see nothing Let's go to the last game in the month of September September 25th. We're back here at Nissan Stadium We say hello to Las Vegas. It used to be Oakland and then they were Los Angeles and then they were Oakland It's still the Raiders noon start at Nissan Stadium The Titans play host to the Raiders. They traveled to Nashville for the first time since 2017 Let's go to vision to begin October Let's go up the road to Indianapolis a noon start Matt Ryan And the Colts hosting the Titans on October the 2nd Big big big game. I mean you've got to be able to win your division to get in the tournament That's what we all want to get in the tournament. This is a big game first month of the season Everybody should be fresh and ready to go. We know these people better than they know themselves I can't wait for this one October 9th week five the Titans go to Washington for the first time since 2014 to play the commanders Carson Wentz their quarterback Ron Rivera their head coach. Yes, I coached Ron for seven years at the Chicago Bears He's doing a nice job of getting that thing turned around as far as just for the atmosphere in that locker room And within that organization Still doesn't matter. I want to beat him real bad. All right good Week six may be a bit of a surprise the Titans are off A buy weekend in week six. We'll talk more about this. So coming off the buy. Who did the Titans get? Indianapolis again here at me side stadium Breaks your heart to play the Colts coming off a buy right coach. Well, this is the second year in a row We've sandwiched the Colts and sandwich games are always interesting This is big because now all of a sudden you have got a chance to go up in the division Too old beat them beat them twice within three weeks. This is a nice thing Titans are done with the Colts on october 23rd Tennessee staying in the division on october the 30th traveling to houston It is a 305 start their new head coaches. Lovey smith. Yeah, lovey smith and lovey will do a good job with this team Again, now we're into now. We looked at all of a sudden guys. Here we are And now we've had three division games three division games this early You've got a chance to jump start this thing pretty quick october is over. Let's go to november Let's go to prime time. Let's go to kansas city sunday night football the titans and the chief Tennessee whipped kc last year 27 to 3 This will be the titans first trip back to arrowhead since the afc championship game in 2019 It's always a great environment up there and and look The titans Want to be and are one of the top teams in the afc So are these people let's go up there and beat them so the whole nation can see it another afc west opponent on sunday November 13th here at nissan stadium It's russell wilson and the denver broncos strange to say isn't it? Well, it's strange to say, but this will be a very very interesting ball game because russell wilson, of course Josh mcdaniel new head coach up there. This is going to be a very very interesting game all afc games Count a lot division games count twice afc games count a lot. All right. Let's go to thursday night football November 17th. We're going to lambo field The titans going to take on the green bay packers at 7 15 Short week for the titans to get ready for the packers another great quarterback But at this time of the year, you know in the middle of november You pretty much got set what you're going to do We you know we were up there last year at the end of december Just a tad bit nippy mike. It's a little bit cold up there I can still remember you driving the rent car sliding all over the place until until I told you how about this snow Dial that says yeah, you're putting that on we did a lot better. We need to go beat them up there I'll remember to turn on the four wheel drive earlier. Good. All right a 10 day break november 27th Don't have to say much about this one nesan stadium. There we go. Cincinnati a noon start Let's go to the month of december December 4th at philadelphia the titans traveling to lincoln financial field for the third time in the regular season the first time in eight years Eagle's going to be an interesting team. Eagles are going to be a very very interesting team this year december 4th up there in philly Uh, you know, I was in the nfc east for quite a while when I was with the cardinals That can be an interesting place weather wise beginning of december. We'll see what that is sunday december the 11th Who haven't we seen yet? Doug peterson the former philly coach and the jacksonville jaguars. They're coming back and there we go Now we are back into the division. We all know how important it is to win your division games Got the jaguars now after we've already had three early on last year The titans went to sofai stadium and beat the rams in los angeles This year the titans will go back to sofai stadium and try to beat the chargers No, good a good trip. First of all, it's a tremendous stadium And I want us to do just to the chargers what we did to the rams exactly pattern perfect Okay, so the next weekend is christmas weekend the majority of nfl games will be on saturday The titans have drawn one of those saturday games at nissan stadium We'll play host to the houston texas houston texas again in the division Right before christmas. What a great christmas present to beat the texas here right before santa claus comes All right, so one thursday night game green bay Then how about another thursday night game? Yes against the dallas cowboys. There we go They come in here on december the 20 night I guess we don't really need to add much to that, do we? No, I love this. I love this so much I love this crowd too. They're right on cube, but this is this is going to be a lot of fun All right, then the regular season finale will be at jacksonville And it'll either be january 7th or 8th It will be at a time to be determined based on what's happening during the season normally they set these In november sometimes they'll let them go to december even before making the decision We'll see right. Let's see. Well, it's a flex game It's it's a flex, you know for one of those two days, which is fine We'll just go down there and beat jacksonville. Doesn't matter what day all right Your thoughts on the schedule coach man as a whole as a as a Former coach when you look at it you want to see where your open date is I like where our open date comes and you got to remember too It's not just it's not just the sixth week. You've already had your preseason too So it's it's a it's a good time where you come there. I also always looked at division games We get a chance to jump out ahead in our division early on We've got three division games when october's over. That's very very important. I like that and plus four national games Four national games. I mean that to me shows respect for what the titans are And it shows it shows to me that people in the league office Recognize what the titans are right now. I love the national games mic Let's talk about the opener with the giants because the giants obviously weren't very good last year They have a new coach in brine dable Their defensive coordinator is wink martindale who used to be in baltimore They're gonna have four months to get ready for the titans With a new coach and some new people who know the titans that one makes me nervous Yeah, well the thing about dable is you know, he's coming from buffalo. You know what he you know What his offense is going to look like? I've known wink martindale ever since he's been in the league I think he's been in the league 17 years. I've been in it about twice that so I know wink very well You're gonna have to get set for your blitzes against wink martindale. They're special teams Special teams coach maga he he's been there for five seasons So we're going to have a lot of tape on these people That's important for your first game mic You want relevant tape so that you can get ready they can do whatever they want new But they've got coaches that have been in this league that have patterns already These psl founders many of them like to go to one or two or three road games a year What are the road trips that you like on the titans schedule for where they fall? Kansas city is always cool. Kansas city is a great great environment. It's not very far You know the last time we were there we had a whole caravan, you know that came that came from national down there That's very if you've never been if you've never been to green bay Let me just tell you sometimes that is that that's a bucket list trip I was 10 years at the bears and believe me It's a green bay for just as it stands alone is a cathedral to football It really is you know because bears and the packers two original teams If you've never experienced green bay their fans are tremendous They understand the game and plus it's just such a cool place and then when the titans went Went up there. Just think you can come back and say i've been to i've been to lambo and we beat the packers And to go to sofai in december would be a great thing to see titans chargers If you haven't never been to sofai, I mean it's it's i was out there when all this was going on You know when we first moved the team the rams out there. It is spectacular It is spectacular to give you a little bit of perspective the same group that built minnesota stadium that built dallas' stadium built this stadium You can take jerry stadium, which he's very proud of right everybody's seen jerry world and can fit it inside sofai That's how big this place is it's massive. It is it's impressive. All right We're gonna look at the schedule now Through the months of the season. We obviously start in september Three games one prime time game at buffalo, but two home games overall So that's the way september gets started for the titans Giants at home at buffalo las vegas two home games Remember too the titans only have eight regular season home games this season Because the 17th game is green bay right which means this is the year you play nine road games to october We go the buy is in week six And so road game at indianapolis road game at washington after the buy home for indy at houston Three road games in that month. Look at this month. Let me stop you a minute. I did anyway. Okay. Here's the deal You've got three right there division games. This is a big stretch big stretch with a buy weekend All right, we'll have to give coach the handheld here. I think he's what happened Well, we got you broke the microphone. I'm still here. He's still here. All right. What did I do wrong? Well, it's because you interrupted That's what happened. All right. Let's go to november now This is amazing because if you look at kansas city, they have patrick mahomes Denver has russia wilson Green bay has erin rogers Cincinnati has joe burrow. That's some quarterbacks That is some quarterbacks. Of course you guys saw the great transformation. This defense made last year They are going to even be more transformed this year But this right here is a challenge defensively because of these quarterbacks as mike said All right, december is an extremely busy overall month five games beginning with philadelphia in week 13 Jacksonville at home The chargers in los angeles and then home dates two games within five days houston and dalis it's a big big month This is a big month and you you said it there as a coach when you look at it two two games in five days And you start looking at the people that you're playing You know philadelphia is it is an unfamiliar opponent. You're very very familiar with jacksonville in houston chargers again We know them, but we don't know them and then dalis It's always fun to play dalis, but this is a big five game stretch And then in january just one game Not sure whether it'll be the seventh or the eighth, but it is week 18 at jacksonville, which will be nice because it won't Will not be cold down there and so We like that we no no we like that a lot and so y'all come down there after after new years into this game, too There you go There you go. All right. We want to take a look at the bye week. It is in week six This year and we take a look at bye weeks through the mike variable era And it's been really all over the road in his first season 2018 We had a buy right after we went to london, which is in week eight 2019 normal at week 11 2020 due to covet the titans had to use their buy in week four It would have been a week seven buy last year We had to wait all the way until week 13 this year week six in the regular season Mike variable teams are four and o after buy games and remember the opponent after this year's buy is Indianapolis, why are they so good after buys because he does such a great job with his altered schedules That's why the four uh national games that we have he's tremendous with altered schedules He puts a lot of thought into it plus look he understands the players He gets them from a lot of a lot of ways that's important for a coach to understand Where his players are mentally and physically at certain times during the year but coming off of a buy he approaches it First of all with the health of his team But then he also knows how to get his staff ready because when you're coming off a buy You have to plan that buy week not only for some practices because you have to give your players off Through the weekend, but how you're going to prepare for the next opponent. He's excellent excellent at that Four prime time games for the titans. They're most on an original schedule Since 2009 here are the prime time games that are scheduled and there could be more added with a flex At buffalo monday night football kansas city is sunday night football Green bay at green bay and then dallas at home are both thursday night games Titans under mike variable are seven and o in prime time games and these are real seven and five These are real nfl games right here I mean if you want to see great nfl games, these are great nfl matchups right here and to be in prime time As a coach and a player and as fans. This is what you want. This is what you want. This is what we've got This excites me. All right I'm going to get joy meredith to come up this way because we want to talk about tickets for just a minute Many of you out there joining us want to know all about what you can do ticket wise I would recommend the flex plans And under the flex plans you can pick the games you want to attend by customizing a ticket package And joey meredith who is the director of ticket sales is coming in He's got his oilers gear on that a boy. I'm ready. Yeah talking about the history the flex plans Two game plans three game plans five game plans. How does it work? So you can customize your schedule A lot of people are busy these days. You can pick the games that fit your needs One of the reasons we have to do that is because the people in this room Renewed at a record rate this year. That's awesome. Not a yeah There's just not a lot of seats out there not a lot of tickets to choose from so what we do have leftover You can use our two game or five game to make a schedule that fits yours And the tickets are in the 300 level and they start at 152 dollars It's a it's a really great deal if you can't make it to every game And we know many of you who are with us are out of town and can't make every single one or you couldn't get a PSL because somebody renewed all of theirs, which was good news So good stuff right there with the flex plans. Let's talk about season tickets for just a minute Even though the renewals are high season tickets are still available We do have some and I think the people in this room would agree that the stadium atmosphere the last couple of years Has been a lot like the early 2000s and a lot of that is because our large season ticket member base So we are limited a lot of the areas are sold out But there are still some good ones So if you are interested call our office our reps will be able to help find some of the the decent ones that are left Okay, and there are some lower level seats There's some lower level sideline lower level end zone club level super low But we'll we'll do our best to find you a good seat. All right So again, if you're interested in titans season tickets, they are available 615-565-4200 there it is you can call our text 615-565-4200 and then I guess groups We do have some groups. Um, we want local groups. So okay. Yeah dallas all those people stay away We want local companies local nonprofits to come out. We do have some space but not a lot But call our reps will help you out. All right. So how does the group package work? Is there a minimum? How does that go? Yeah 10 or more people qualify for our group rate. It's a discounted ticket So you'll get to see some titans football for a good price. All right So you see the home games the colts the jaguars and everybody in between The estimated number of tickets that you would want. It's just $250 to hold them And I think it's what a minimum of 10 That's right minimum of 10. So bring your nine closest friends come watch some titans football And um, also some hospitality available. We do yeah So a lot of the corporate companies that that we work with that are entertaining. We have some food options for them Um, definitely ask about those because they're limited. All right as I let joey meredith go Thanks so much for being with us want to put up on the screen this email address that you need to know Groups at titans.nfl.com for more information and that's the way that you were able to find out about group tickets These are things that we didn't have in the You're what you're not leaving. I'm a man of the people. I'm a man of the people So they said they said that they would shoot me over here And so I'm gonna so you're not coming back. Well, I'll be back in a second But this is this is really this is really comfortable over here with these people I feel because you know how much I enjoy the fans. I can't I can't get this close when we lean out of the booth So now I'm close. All right. Well, you stay right there All right, let's go through the schedule again. Okay. Are you ready? Yeah, I could have done that from over there I know you could well you can I mean whatever you want to do coach. Thanks. All right So we start at home on september the 11th the tennessee titans play host to the new york giants notice the start time It is a 325 central time kick So the titans are in the late window against brine day ball and the new york giants week two It's monday night football in buffalo. It's an early game. It's a doubleheader that night The titans kick off at 615 central in orchard park against the bills And then the final game in the month of september september 25th back at nesan stadium the los vegas raiders Travel to nashville and that is a noon start sunday october the 2nd the titans are at indianapolis That is also a noon start and then the following week tennessee stays on the road to catch the commanders of washington in dc A noon start october 9th before the buy in week number six Moving to week number seven coming off the buy the titans have indianapolis here at nesan stadium Kickoff is set for noon october 30th back on the road 305 kick at houston busy busy november sunday night football november 6th at kansas city 720 kick Back home on november 13th noon kick for denver thursday night football at green bay 715 kickoff on prime video and then 10 days later sunday november 27th Cincinnati makes their way to nesan stadium Five games in the month of december beginning on december 4th at philadelphia. That is a noon kick Back home sunday december the 11th the first meeting of the year with the jags noon kick Traveling out west sofi stadium december 18th at the los angeles chargers for a 325 start Then back home for a saturday christmas eve day game at noon against the houston texans Five days later the second thursday night game on the schedule december 29th here at nesan stadium Against the dallas cowboys and then the titans wrap up the year on saturday january 7th or sunday january 8th At jacksonville let's review one more time how the months will look for the titans In the month of september the titans play three times two at home Giants and raiders at home at buffalo in october In october it's indianapolis At what at indianapolis at washington by week then indianapolis at home then at houston So three division games in the month of october november the month of quarterbacks November 6th at kansas city november 13th denver november 17th at green bay november 27th Cincinnati december five games at filly jacksonville at the los angeles chargers home for houston and dallas And january one game concluding the regular season against jacksonville We're looking forward for more football after that coach. Yeah, there'll be more football after that But Mike just listening to you go through that It gets me so excited and especially to be here with this group. This is what we wait for This is why we do this and to see some of those teams that are coming in here I love when you say the month of the quarterbacks because that's what it's going to be This is really an exciting schedule. I cannot wait and I know I have to I've been in the league 36 years now And every year at this time I'm just like a little kid again because it's starting to to ramp up It's starting to amp up and I'm really fired up about it and the rookies are here getting to work coach mac I'm going to go watch them with you tomorrow And so uh, absolutely. So it's going to be it look guys. This is why we do it And when uh, we got permission from john robinson to do this because mike keith said we got permission from john robinson to do this Well, that's what I was told. Okay. Good. This this this has been a fantastic Fantastic event. I mean there's nobody else doing this across the national football league. So everybody else too bad So the titans we know the schedule now the rookies are here the veterans are in town Going through what they're doing in the offseason program And that's about to ramp up as well moving towards the four weeks Which essentially are spring practice for pro football players before the june 14th through 16th minicamp Yeah, let's jump on the rookies a minute. It's really important to know that the mike variable and his experience coaching staff They're not going to ask these rookies to come in here and go 100 miles an hour when they first show up This is all about them getting used to their surroundings figuring out where their meeting rooms are where they're going to eat How they're going to get back and forth all of this is important because they're all coming from different places from their collegiate places And they don't know they don't know about the national football league and i'll tell y'all something too It's important It's important to get them here before the vets come in because they get a little bit more acclimated and they're nervous They're and they're really when the vets show up. They don't know whether they're foot or horseback I'm telling you it's a different world that they're in right now So this is a great time for them to come together as a rookie class And what's really interesting about this rookie class too is they're a little older As as a group of guys some of them are 23 24 years old and you would think that that would help their acclimation process Except they're brand new to the nfl. That's true. And the nfl is a different world. I can't wait to see him tomorrow, Mike I'm really looking forward to that. All right So as we go through this process the schedules out What do the coaches start doing and the scouting staff? What do those men start doing right now men and women? I should well the first thing the first thing Everybody starts to do you you've all got your assignments as far as which teams you're going to break down You break down the first three normally you put five or six games into a game plan But at the early part of it you're going to have to break down Some games from the previous places these coaches have been so everybody's got assignments to do that And then you're you're right on top of the rookies. That's what you want to do right now Mike Vrabel as we all have said already he does a great job with his scheduling So they're going to be on point with what they're doing But right now guys, it's it's pedal to the metal because it started again Can I thank our psl founders for being here in the titans locker room tonight? Thank you so much Coach mack, thank you. Thank you. Thanks for letting me sit with the people, Mike Well, you could have you could have stayed well. Thank you. I'm staying all right Well, he's going to stick around and visit with everybody the titans 2022 schedule show is presented by shift four The official payment solutions partner of the tennessee titans and we thank them We thank everyone out there who's joined us to Share in the excitement of let me think about this may the 12th And people are already fired up about the titans and what they're going to do this season for david mcginnis I'm mike key. Thanks for joining us everybody