 Come to the bad MGM studio and the Mike Vrable show presented by seat geek with the head coach I'm Mike Keith. Hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas. Hope you had a little time with family a little bit Okay, you didn't work too much yesterday. I mean, I thought we came in and it was able to get prepared for today And then you know practice tomorrow. So, you know, I think that there's a good balance All right. We got a little balance and the Titans needed to restock the practice squad after having to call So many guys up last week. So today the Titans signed five players to the practice squad two guys really jump out to me Devon I saw I saw I saw you see I see I see I see Devon I see I see I'll have it my Sunday I promise tight end out of UCLA and Then take router linebacker from Georgia a couple players that we knew a lot about in the 2020 draft Four of the five guys you actually signed are veteran players. Is there a feeling you may need them? Well, I think so, you know at this point in time. You just want to make sure that guys You know, this isn't a developmental process now. This is you know, who are we gonna need? To fill out the game day roster whether that be in offense defense and especially special teams So, you know, we'll see where these guys go and they progress worked out well and I've already started meeting with the coaches and We'll see how they work their way through the week. I see I see I see I see I see I see There we go, how about Mike variable six pack so I can get myself out of trouble already six of the best plays from Sunday's game Let's see a little defense. Let's see a little pass rush. Let's see a little ardent key. Well, good get off You know, that's a good job on the back side, you know, it's four by one You know the quarterback looked over to the weak side on the slant had that covered Came back and again, this is an example of us, you know Complimenting each other working together letting the back end, you know help the pass rush if the quarterback does that he pumps and Comes back where we have to be able to get there and make a play and he did fumble But unfortunately for the Titans, he fell right on it. Yeah, you know We just had to continue to Tomahawk the ball continue to attack the ball and hopefully we'll get it out Let's see another defensive play Aziz al Shire with an outstanding effort to help keep These guys these Seahawks out of field goal range at the end of the first half Yeah, and third and long and this does it, you know, Aziz does a nice job of getting off a little bit But then, you know, again the quarterback has nowhere to go with the ball You know progresses over and then Aziz is able to really get a tackle for loss and you know an excellent play That they ended up forcing them to punt Zach Charbonneau taking out a bounce for minus four there. All right one more defensive play This one came from early in the third quarter and it forces The Seahawks into a field goal try good effort by Terrell in it really was and you can see, you know We I don't know if we're gonna get another look at it, but they're in a bunch and they work their way through a bunch We you know communicate they tried they were they were expecting one coverage here He dips in like what's gonna be cover for and then goes vertical and and Terrell stays square And really you could argue that this is OPI, you know DK runs into him basically we're square and Terrell does a great job of being square Challenging not backing up and then going up there and stabbing through the pocket You know a really nice play there on third down battled him all the way to the ground too Which you have to do with that big yet you better and that was a heck of a job All right, let's look at a good offensive play here one that Mike variable had to challenge and went on Super catch and a good throw as the Titans complete it from Tana Hill to Berks Yeah, I didn't have a very good look at it. Obviously just had to rely on you know upstairs and trailing keeps running and You know the officials come in and again all you have to do is say incomplete or catch and then you know One of us has to go about their business of challenging and so we waited they said incomplete We got another look and decided to challenge so good job by the guys upstairs and communicating Trailing does an impressive job to get the feet down at first look It didn't look like he did and then when you saw the replay he clearly did those are some tight ones on the sideline They happen fast and so you know you just You have to see what they call and then decide if you're going to challenge it or try to go on the football Those are our bang bang place Let's see a Derek Henry touchdown run that put the Titans in front in the fourth quarter Nice effort from two yards out by everybody involved. Yeah, it was it was a good job on the backside You know and Derek goes back here cuts back on the backside and andray Dillard and and and John OJ And trailer, you know are involved here and you can see where the back side ends up being really the point of attack You know we're able to wash everybody in there to the right and and Derek's able to pretty much go in there Close to untouched. So let's see another good executions another quarterback sack here from Harold Landry coming in the fourth quarter Landry now has nine and a half on the year. Yeah, and again the quarterback has to go and look somewhere else and again Harold's trying to get the ball out. These are the ones that we have to come in here on first glance here and try to come down With the right hand Tomahawk as he's bringing him to the ground. He goes with the rake but we have to start, you know Trying to get the ball from the quarterback. That's the easiest target and you know These are good opportunities and as he's going down you can see where Harold's trying to get the rake So big play in the game and just you know need some more of them All right, let's take a look at one bonus play from the goal line Marlon Davidson number 92 Does the job here and he's playing good football for you right now. Well, he's getting an opportunity and He's taking advantage of it Working extremely hard, you know, we're lined up, you know ready to go We got two off the edge So the quarterback can't really read it and pull it because there's Harold and so when a block down Marlon does exactly what he was coached to do Which was tackle a dive and good things happen and next time it'll be a fumble So he comes through with two tackles in the ballgame that tackle for loss marlon davidson also three quarterback pressures So effective snaps overall for the titans Okay, when we come back We've got to see the half back pass and the only way for us to see it is through The Vrabel straighter it's over there. I want to take a I'm dying to know how this worked so well That's next when the mike Vrabel show presented by seat geek continues from the bet mgm studio. Stay with us The mike Vrabel show in the bet mgm studio presented by seat geek time now for the Vrabel straighter here we are and the half back pass Derek handery who's now eight of 10 for 40 yards and five touchdowns passing in his career Counting what's that rating? He's got a rating on that. It's pretty hot. It's pretty darn high. It's pretty high 158.3. No, it's not 150. It's not it's not it's not quite that high because his yards per attempt Hurt him, but He does throw it well Yes, and I think titans fans love to see the king throw the ball And the setup on this play was fascinating. Well, you know he starts here with you know trying to be better in the red zone And certainly when when derrick's running the football some of these plays Can start to to work off each other and build off each other So, you know three tight ends one of them being an excel alignment So john uh ojikoya comes in and reports is eligible You know, you got hot back sides So if they start to cheat the post safety, you know a way those are options over there one on one But just really a base run here for us This is going to be a gap scheme power and you're going to see everybody Blocking back blocking down protecting the gap inside Uh peter pulling around ryan in the in a pistol with derrick widen the pistol just to give us a little bit more time Okay, you know felt like you know to show us some different things Derrick's going to take the handoff and chig, you know is going to come in and briefly sell this And and try to get you know this guy to bite up It's the guy back here who who really You know, I think just was being patient But I didn't think that he was going to stand there flatfooted You could see the puller and derrick gets this guy to bite gets the corner to bite And then now we're just able to run away From the post safety Obviously there and and the biggest thing is you want to make a platform for derrick You want to give him an opportunity to sell the run? Like we've done here, but also build a Somewhat of a pocket and make him protected to still have to throw the football You know to a guy that's a moving target and you know, we tried it earlier with uh indianapolis And and we were just a couple inches, you know too far here now I thought just a great job of chig of running away from this thing Derrick giving them a good ball and like you said, that's the longest half second in the game right there When we when we look up, you know doing the game on the radio We look up and you see the guy is all alone and you're like, oh, please catch it Look at that. That's a thing. It is a thing of beauty but I love that the pistol part was I wanted to ask you about why don't you run it out of the pistol and A jukku with a block here man. He takes his guy that that guy gets after it He did he played about 16 plays for us and and helped us in a run game You know and we'll get better. You know, that's his first action That's his first game action as a as a Tennessee titan Whether that's pre-season or regular season excited for guys like that John a jukku number 61 when we come back Epic western spotlight with a pretty good story about a guy on the titans coaching staff who Didn't get right into coaching after his playing career ended. That's next on the mike verbel show presented by seat geek Welcome back to the bike verbel show presented by seat geek in tonight's epic western spotlight We share a story of a titan's offensive coach who was working in a different field roughly 20 years ago He was actually in charge of an nfl stadium It was a super job and he was successful But charles london's heart told him that he wanted to be on the field on the sidelines to be exact So he gave up this great job and started at the bottom of the coaching ranks The move has totally paid off Charles london is wrapping up his first season as the titan's quarterback coach and passing game coordinator He came to tennessee from the atlanta falcons where he was an important part of arthur smith staff london chose a move to the titans for a multitude of reasons Including familiarity. This is kind of my second stent heroes here in uh, 2011 as well So very fond memories, but uh, you know the chance to work for coach rable and to work with tim kelly again And a lot of guys on the offensive staff and defense staff who i was familiar with had worked with Whether i was at penn state or at houston with the texans So tim and i were together for uh, you know two years at penn state and four years together at houston and obviously we've remained In touch since then but uh, I understand what he's trying to do understand how he thinks to understand how charles london thinks You have to understand how he came into coaching when he finished playing football at duke He didn't think becoming a football coach was in the cards He thought instead about going into the secret service or the cia But he loved sports so he accepted an internship under future nfl announcer charles davis At disney's wide world of sports in orlando and then i got into stadium and event management. So i was uh 1999 and went to cleveland brown stadium to help them open their new stadium as the assistant manager And then eventually got hired by the new england patriots as their director of Stadium operations for gillette stadium and then one day you say I want to coach. Yeah, I was probably 29 30 years old I mean, did you did you think to yourself at that point? Look, this is what I want to do, but I can't give this up You know, I did there were some it was some tough decisions to make but I told myself look I don't want to regret this for the rest of my life I think I want to coach and if i'm going to pull the trigger I got to do it now So um I left my job in new england went back to duke where I played and started as a graduate assistant Attack it attack it attack it attack it attack it Charles london went from duke to a quality control job with the bears He scouted for the philadelphia eagles. We mentioned that he spent 2011 on the offensive staff with the titans Then it was on to happy valley Another great experience for london his time on the staff at penn state when I went to penn state I was a recruiting coordinator and running backstote So the evaluation of talent really carried over to recruiting coordinator aspect of for the last 10 seasons He's been back in the nfl with the houston texas with the chicago bears with the atlanta falcons and now Back with the tennessee titans real life experiences chasing his passion 20 plus years learning every aspect of the game being willing to do any job That's why charles london is the perfect coach to develop will levis And why he enjoys working with head coach mike fray You know, I I he's demanding, but he's fair and I and I think that's all you could ask for I think he's got a great relationship with the players Um, obviously he's been a player so he can relate to him in that way And I think the players really appreciate that but he's direct and he's honest and he's fair And that's all you can ever ask for for a coach and I think he's a great motivator And I haven't been with him for a season in a while since we were together in houston But the way he prepares the team is very Wanted to give you a chance to meet charles london who took a big chance. I mean that's a pretty good job You've got running gelette stadium and then you say one day That's not my passion and to start over It wasn't like it was come to duke to be the receivers coach or the offensive coordinator. It was to come to be a ga and uh You know that that's just following what you what you love and what you believe about yourself You try to have a lot of people like that around you People who love the game and have that sort of passion well and that shows and I and I really was excited about being able to add charles this off season and You know it worked out and giving him the opportunity to work here with the quarterbacks is something that he wanted uh an opportunity at and I have an interview them for the offensive coordinator Realized that uh, I would want him a part of our staff and that worked out Epic western spotlight enjoyed bringing that to you when we come back Kids ask coach verable That's next on the mike verable show From the bedmgm studio presented by seat Glad to have you with us on this tuesday night for the mike verable show presented by seat geek We're in the bedmgm studio and it's time time now For the best part of the show Kids ask coach verable. Hi coach verable. My name is seven and i'm seven years old And I was going to ask you. What does it feel like to be a coach? sign up Sign up evan What does it feel like to be a coach? I would say that there is a wide range of emotion Uh throughout the week and through in preparation um That the game takes a lot of different flows and So I would imagine much like the fans You know that we're we're go through the same types of emotions and You know try to be a play ahead and and thinking about what the situation may be and making corrections and How much do you spend on corrections as opposed to going over there? uh looking ahead Or assisting in corrections. I mean the all three sides are making corrections when they're not out there um, but there is a wide range of emotion from excitement to disappointment and and if we win or lose Uh if a player is injured right that all these things that go on throughout the game Uh mistakes positive plays negative plays, but You know you have to I think the biggest thing is try to keep your composure and get back to to center After each and every play in every situation people say to me mike verable enjoys what he does I would say that I love what I do And not even enjoy I I love this and it's a challenge Uh certainly this year But uh, we're we're going to we're going to see through this thing and there's a lot of good stuff out there right now That's hard to see because it's all about wins and losses But there's there's still some some really good things going on in there Mike verable's Nissan keys are up next on the mike verable show presented by seat geek stay with us titans taking on the houston texans for the second time in two weeks at n rg stadium this sunday kickoff set for 1202 Last week the keys the nissan keys to success were a lot more about Intensity and performance of the titans and a lot less about specific things Are we going to see the same sort of things this year? Yeah, I mean we are I mean there's obviously things that we could talk about with cj stroud and eco collins and Noah brown or the run game or making sure that we take care of these down linemen is penetrating front Finding ways to run the football protect the quarterback You know being able to continue to try to move the ball down the field averse You know quarters or their Three-week coverage But this is going to be about us and about our ability to continue to invest in this football team and making sure that the people here And the players here continue to invest And their teammates in this football team. Let's blow through these nissan keys to success Up first it's pretty obvious. You've got to be Ready to go ready to play and play fast and aggressive Well, I think that's the only way you have to have confidence in what you're doing to go out there and and not you know Just there's got to be a certain play speed. This is a fast team This is a fast defense that we're going to play We're going to have to challenge that with some speed and aggressiveness All right second key for mic for ables keys to success Energy and passion for the team which you certainly had on sunday. We did and again always proud of that effort But uh continuing to invest in the team be a great teammate Easiest way to be a great teammate is to play with great effort and that shows everybody that you care And the final key to success for mike verbel be decisive Yeah continue to to not you know block this guy great block them run this route You know, I mean we'll figure it out But being decisive Don't second guess second guess leads the standing around being decisive means you're going to take action and go do something You think will levis has a chance? I would say that I think he has a chance. All right. Good to know remember It's titans at houston this sunday 12 o 2 the kickoff We're on the air on 1045 and the great titans radio stations throughout the region at 11 a.m With titans countdown looking forward to having you there with us for that and looking forward to another afc south showdown The final game of 2023 for mike verbel i'm mike key. Thanks for joining us for the mike verbel show presented by seat