1 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Football is about the jimmies and joes and exes and 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: oh's check New York plenty. Ain't Baker, Bruce. It's time 3 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: to get out the chopboard and diagram some plays. Here's 4 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: what it all starts right here. That's why jam money, Chris. 5 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: This is Inside Football with former Colts and NFL coach 6 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: Rick Venturi. Well, the Colts have dried off from the 7 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: atmospheric river that hovered over them on Sunday night in California. 8 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: They defeated the forty nine Ers thirty to eighteen, and 9 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 1: the Colts run a bit of a role here, winners 10 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: three of their last four. Welcome back in Welcome into 11 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:47,599 Speaker 1: another episode of Inside Football with Rick Venturry, who has 12 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,959 Speaker 1: nearly thirty years of coaching experience in the NFL. I'm 13 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: Matt Taylor and Rick. A wild, wild game the other night. 14 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: The Colts dug themselves out of a nine to nothing hole. 15 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: They led thirteen to twelve and a a halftime they ever 16 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: look back, and we had a lot of drop passes, 17 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,119 Speaker 1: a lot of fumbles. The team that simply made less 18 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: mistakes was going to be the team to win a 19 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:10,839 Speaker 1: game like that. And it doesn't matter how it looks 20 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 1: in those types of conditions, just get a win. Moved 21 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: to three and four and get the job done in 22 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 1: a crazy weather game. That's exactly what the Colts did. 23 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: Oh absolutely. I mean I was so proud of the way, 24 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: uh you know we responded, the way we played through it. 25 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: You know, my goal before the game, I thought the 26 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: two most important things were for us to control the 27 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage on a heavy field, on a bad field, 28 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: you know, I said, the team that really establishes the run. 29 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: And then number two, you were going to have to 30 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: overcome a lot of different things. And the thing about 31 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: the Coats is, I think you can check both boxes. 32 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: I mean, one hundred and forty eight yards rushing, thirty 33 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: three fifty six time of possession. You know that that 34 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: defines control. And then as you said earlier, you know 35 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: you had to overcome everything. Was a period in that 36 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: second quarter where teams were having trouble getting a snap. 37 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: You know, it looked like high school nineteen forty four. 38 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 1: But we overcame that. And sometimes I think, you know, 39 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: having coach and haven't played, I think I think sometimes 40 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: the toughest adversity to overcome, And this is what I 41 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: liked about this team this week is the adversity that 42 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: you create yourself. I mean, because you know there's a 43 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 1: tendency to linger on that, to get a little hangdog. 44 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: And you know, both Carston and Taylor, you know, our 45 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: two superstars had had faux paused in the game. You know, 46 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: both of them fumble critical situations to go down nine. 47 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: But the thing I liked about it, and particularly the quarterback, 48 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: because that's a psychic position. It's not just physical is 49 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 1: he put it right behind him. He had selective amnesia, 50 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: and man, he went out and then had you know, 51 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: one of the highest QBR ratings of the year. So 52 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 1: you know, really like the way that team responded. You're 53 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: absolutely right, it doesn't matter. Nothing has to be artistic 54 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: and there was no way it was going to be 55 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: our stick in that you know, almost Katrina like situation. 56 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: So no, it was a great win. It was door guy, 57 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: you know, and now and now it sets up a huge, 58 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: huge game, no doubt about it. We'll get into the 59 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: Titans coming up in just a bit, but the offensive 60 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: recap from the other night, Jonathan Taylor continues to be 61 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: a rising star. Over one hundred scrimmage yards and four 62 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: straight games. The offensive line, Rick, I think, continues to improve, 63 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: and now it's almost as if the Colts have six 64 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 1: starters on that offensive line, with Chris Reid mixing in 65 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: at right guard with Mark Lewinski and then Carson Wentz. 66 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: As you said, he's been over one hundred and pass 67 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: the rating four straight games and displayed some selective amnesia 68 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: after a little bit of a rocky start in the rain. 69 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: What did you make of the overall offensive output on 70 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: Sunday night in the rain? Yeah, I was really happy 71 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: with it under the conditions and under the start. You know, 72 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: the thing about Wentz is we just keep you know, 73 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: we just keep on. I said this the other day 74 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: to you in our roundtable. It's like watching it. It's 75 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: just like reading a good book and you unfold and 76 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: a better chapter every every week. This week it was 77 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: his legs. You know, he's he's the mad bomber, which 78 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: it was psychologically putting the adversity behind him. But here's 79 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: a critical you know, one statistic that I think is 80 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: gold and that I put so much into is the 81 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: QBR more than the passer rating. Passer rating stands on 82 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: its own. But he had an eighty two point eight, 83 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 1: and I mean, I don't know if people realize it 84 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: or not, but Stafford leads the league with a seventy 85 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: eight and Rogers led the league the whole season last 86 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: year with a seventy nine and change. So when your 87 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: QBR is that eighty two, you know, eighty two and eight, 88 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: I mean that that's absolutely incredible. But again it's it's 89 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: you know, he showed his feet. We had you know, 90 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: two designers, one for a touchdown on the zone read 91 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: and the second one zone read on the third and 92 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: one and then the sixteen yards scramble in a critical situation. 93 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: He showed us that until I said, and then I 94 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: thought that in crunch time, and I think his big 95 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: hands do help here. I thought he really threw it 96 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: well in crunch time. You're coming from North Dakota, you've 97 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 1: played in adverse day here, you've played in bad weather, 98 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: you're whole alive. And I thought he came back after that, 99 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 1: you know, a slow start, and I thought he really 100 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: threw well at crunch time. You know, then you go, 101 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: you go Taylor again. He's just stacking hundred yard games. 102 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: And I mean this one there wasn't a spectacular play, 103 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: but you have to watch the tape again really and 104 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: be able to run it back to see how effective 105 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: he is. How you don't you know not I don't 106 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:35,479 Speaker 1: want to take anything away from the offensive line, but 107 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: he makes him look good. I mean, he he has 108 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: getting that patience, not as not like Levion Bill, but 109 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: a little bit like that where he'll stutter and he'll 110 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: cut it all the way back to the backsea gap 111 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: and get north and south and get a five yard game. 112 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: That looks quiet, but at the end of the day, 113 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,719 Speaker 1: it really keeps the ball movement. I think maybe the 114 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: biggest the biggest plus is the development of Pittman. I 115 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:02,359 Speaker 1: think Pittman has really just risen. I mean he's gone 116 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:06,679 Speaker 1: from just a scheme guy period in the last month. 117 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: You know, he's been asked to do different things and 118 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: I've been calling for it, and I always thought he 119 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: would be a good fifty fifty guy. But now he's 120 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: made two terrific game changing plays on fifty fifty balls 121 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: and we're utilizing him downfield and he has now gone 122 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: from a scheme player to a game changer, and I 123 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: think that's huge, you know, particularly having lost Campbell, you know, 124 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 1: having Hilton kind of in and out. I mean, you know, 125 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: like they say, necessity is the mother invention. I do 126 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 1: agree with you. On the offensive line, I think they're 127 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: coming and I think getting Braden back, you know, I 128 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: like the alternation of read what it does. And I 129 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:51,119 Speaker 1: think that prior has actually done a decent job which 130 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 1: will now give us, I think, a better swing tackle 131 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: than we expected. I don't think he's been expected prior 132 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 1: to be that guy. But I mean the other thing 133 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,039 Speaker 1: is we're better in the red zone. You know, we 134 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: go three for five, which now makes us five for seven, 135 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 1: and I remember we hung at the very bottom for 136 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: most of the year, but we're back to five or 137 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: seven in the last two weeks. Again, I mentioned before 138 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: a one hundred and forty eight rushing thirty three fifty 139 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: sixth time of possession on a bad day. We did 140 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: have a critical fourth and one I thought. I thought 141 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: Jonathan was great on that. He had that vision, he 142 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: saw that backside, and then a good fourth quarter fish finish. 143 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: You know, I'd only have to the only thing is 144 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: I'll always keep it real, and I'll just say that 145 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: on the other side of it. You know, we just 146 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: got to eliminate the turnovers, and we we have occasionally 147 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: slow starts, and I think we got against good teams. 148 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: We have to really be ready for that. Continue to 149 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: improve on our edge protection. Poor Heinzie dropped that. I 150 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: still think that might have been six if he catches it. 151 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: And I think we can be better on third down, 152 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: you know. But again, a just a really good performance 153 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: on offense, you know, which is just come back to back. 154 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: I mean I keep saying, you know, I think the 155 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 1: sky is the limit with this team offensively, no doubt 156 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: about that, and you know, and it leaves you wanting more. 157 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 1: As you said, I mean, they can be even better. 158 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: And that's saying something considering the last month here, how 159 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: fantastic the offense has been. I mean, there are a 160 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: top five unit in terms of scoring two in the 161 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: last month, averaging almost anything about it is this league 162 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: is a quarterback centric league and and the biggest plus 163 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: that we've had going is Wentz. I mean, Wentz has 164 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: played like the two thousand and seventeen wins that was 165 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: in the in the conversation for the MVP of the league, 166 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: and that what did have the best QBR. You know, 167 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 1: our running back is showing the sensation that we expected. 168 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: And now we've got Pivmin gone, so we've got kind 169 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: of a three amigos um, you know, and that's kind 170 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: of you know, week after week after week, and there's 171 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: no reason we can't. And then, you know, I think 172 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: if we do get Hilton back, Hilton would give us 173 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: another guy to get the top off, and that's I 174 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: kind of like to have that all right. Then on defense, 175 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: it all starts with Darius Leonard. I mean, eight takeaways 176 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 1: as a takeaway in five straight games, Rick, I mean, 177 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: just sensational season. And again he's banged up. You're right, 178 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: he's still not one hundred percent on that ankle. The 179 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 1: third down defense was immaculate. The forty nine Ers were 180 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: just one for eleven, and the Colts settled down, giving 181 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: up just one score on the last eleven forty nine 182 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: Er drives of the night after allowing points in the 183 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: first three possessions of the game. And also something that 184 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: stands out not only from the forty nine Ers game, 185 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: but all season long, Rick, the Colts do a really 186 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: good job of limiting damage off of turnovers. Just three 187 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: points off turnovers the other night and only sixteen points 188 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: off of turnovers they've allowed this season. The Colts defense 189 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: has allowed sixteen points off of Colts offensive turnovers. So 190 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:54,199 Speaker 1: really good jobs situationally, not only Sunday night, but all 191 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: season long. No, there's no doubt about it. But you can't. 192 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: You just exclaimed it, and and I will too. I mean, 193 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 1: you can't say enough about Leonard. I I just put 194 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: as plus as Leonard Leonard Leonard because this was this 195 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: was another game. And you know he makes him to 196 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: change the game, That's the amazing thing. It's not like 197 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 1: he makes them after the fact. I mean the punch out, 198 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: they're right in the game. I mean he changes the game. 199 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: And then eighteen and I'm like, I have a breakdown 200 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 1: and he knocks down the two point play. I mean, 201 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:32,320 Speaker 1: you know there are two players, and you just almost 202 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: take him for granted. But I don't think i'd ever 203 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: I've never seen anything like him. I'm not sure how 204 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: good we would be without him, because you know, Will 205 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: will at times give up a lot and then all 206 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: of a sudden, here comes Leonards. You know, I mean, 207 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: you know the four turnovers are huge. Uh? As you 208 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 1: said the third third and eleven, I mean one for 209 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: eleven on third down. Uh And I did think, you know, 210 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 1: on the on the on the Muhammad sack sack fumball, 211 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 1: I thought that was really good rush. Now we're not 212 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: getting enough of it. But we did see Quittypey get 213 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: off that edge like we expect, and he was actually 214 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: there first and he forced the quarterback and then Muhammad 215 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: was right behind him and got the strip sack and 216 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 1: those were huge. You know, you gotta give it to Roads. 217 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:19,319 Speaker 1: I mean, he kind of played through the injury. I 218 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: didn't think he was gonna play the way he limped 219 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: in and that was a big interception and he kind 220 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: of they need to make a training reel on that 221 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 1: press technique and how he intercepted that ball very solid. 222 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 1: You know. Again, most of that after that easy first drive, 223 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 1: which is almost you know, we were just unusual on defense. 224 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: We can play a lot of really good defense and 225 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: then they like have a drive and then that three 226 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: play drive. Just Samuel was like, how did that? I 227 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 1: even see? I saw Leonard said something to the effect 228 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 1: he was going like, oh no, God, yeah. But I 229 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: mean in the end, one hundred and sixty, one hundred 230 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: and sixty nine yard passes. I mean we talked about 231 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,439 Speaker 1: whence is eighty two QBR Garrappo had a seven point 232 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 1: eight incidentally, qubr you know, yeah, that says something about 233 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: your defense and your quarterback. I just think in terms 234 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 1: of keeping it real, you know, just not a good start, 235 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: and we don't want to get you know, we don't 236 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: want to do that at Tennessee. We want to really 237 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 1: fast start Sunday. We don't want to let them get 238 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 1: out in front of us. You know. At times, at 239 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: times we just still get lax on the past defense 240 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,599 Speaker 1: that fourth quarter three play. You know, I think we 241 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: got to get a little bit better on the run, Matt. 242 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: I don't think that we're playing the run quite as 243 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 1: lights out. I think part of it is Okaiki Okayaka, 244 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,719 Speaker 1: who will who will make some plays, but he's struggling 245 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,079 Speaker 1: in the middle on his reads. He's not as sharp 246 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 1: as he and that's understandable because that's a totally different position, 247 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:51,959 Speaker 1: you know, and we did you know, you know, it's 248 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: gonna be hard to make up for black men, and 249 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: the problem there is that you miss some tackles in 250 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: space that become big plays. And I know we've made 251 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: some moves. I always thought that Josh Jones was a 252 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 1: pretty good player in this league, so we may see 253 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: more of him as we get going, you know, and 254 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: then I'm gonna make a big point because this point, 255 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: and we'll get into it with Tennessee, is we've got 256 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:16,200 Speaker 1: we got to stop it on the bootleg. I mean, 257 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: we cannot continue to let quarterbacks get on our edge 258 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: and make plays. And you know, if you really have 259 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: to look at our first game, the reason we got 260 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 1: beat in the first game on defense was we didn't 261 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: continue the bootleg and we played poorly in the red zone. 262 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 1: So you know, we'll get into that as we go 263 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 1: into Tennessee. But the bootleg has just been an issue. 264 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 1: I thought we had it fixed and we didn't have 265 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 1: it fixed. And man, with Tannehill, you'd better fix it. 266 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 1: All right, Let's turn the page and get ready for 267 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 1: the Titans, who come into this game five and two. 268 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 1: They've won three straight and they're tied for the top 269 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:53,119 Speaker 1: record in the AFC. They're coming off a very impressive 270 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:56,839 Speaker 1: game against the Chiefs, thrashing Kansas City twenty seven to 271 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: three in a game that wasn't even that close. They 272 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: outgained the Chiefs two seventy seven to sixty seven to 273 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: the first half, and they forced three turnovers, recorded a 274 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 1: season high four sacks on Patrick Mahomes and the three 275 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: points for the Chiefs was their lowest output into game 276 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: since two thousand and twelve. Titans looked like the real 277 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: deal on offense with Ryan Tannehill and of course Derrick Henry, 278 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: who's on pace to break the NFL's all time rushing 279 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 1: record and rushing attemptsmark in a single season. So, Rick, 280 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: what else do you like about the Titans coming into 281 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: this game on the big picture? How are they the same? 282 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: How are they different compared to Week three when the 283 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: Colts last saw them. Yeah, and that really kind of 284 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 1: is the issue. I think the bad news was I 285 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: think most of us, myself included, you know, I thought 286 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: Tennessee would come back to us. The good news is 287 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: we're coming to them. So you know, we're meeting somewhere 288 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: in the middle. But these are two humongous wins for them, 289 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: you know, against perceived top teams. Maybe Kansas City is 290 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: in book, certainly Buffalo is. I mean the Titans, to 291 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: quote my good friend in late Danny Green, the Titans 292 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: who we think they are. I mean they you know, 293 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: they come in riding high after back to back, and 294 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: they could be poised for you know they could be 295 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: poised for the upset here this week. I really do 296 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: believe that, and I believe we can play with him. 297 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: I think the biggest difference, if you want to look 298 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 1: at the difference, we know they're going to be led 299 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: by the steel Horse, There's no question about it. I mean, 300 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: he's got like six thousand, six hundred yards. He's closing 301 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: in on a thousand, and we're not even at the 302 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 1: halfway park. I mean they are running back centric, and 303 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: Todd Downing does a good job of not ever forgetting 304 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: him and even usually liesing him in different ways. I 305 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: think where they're different, you know, and those guys played 306 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: against us, but they weren't fully healthy and they didn't 307 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: play at all against the Jets in that upset. But 308 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: I think Jones and Brown now are close to one 309 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: hundred percent. And what that has done now, that has 310 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: challenged you because now when you load the box, you 311 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: have two very very good receivers that can beat you 312 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: on that outside of the field, outside the numbers. And 313 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: you know, Tannehill, he's just getting better and better. I 314 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: always think, I says the most underrated quarterback in the league. 315 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 1: He's sitting there again in the top ten QBR and 316 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: he just had a great game both mentally and physically Sunday, 317 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: and you're seeing more and more of that. But I 318 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: think a lot of that Matt really has to do 319 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: with the receiver help. I think, you know, getting Jones healthy, 320 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 1: getting Brown healthy, really really creates the defensive challenge on 321 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: the outside, you know, and then on defense, the game 322 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: came to them. I still believe that their defense is 323 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: their achilles heel. Now. They played good in the first 324 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: game against US because Carson couldn't move and they knew it, 325 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: and they brought people from everywhere as soon as they 326 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: got ahead an account, and it was a little bit 327 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: of a distortion of what I think we can do 328 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: to them with Carson now healthy. I'm not a big 329 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 1: fan of their defense. I mean, there's guys that I 330 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: like over their Landry with seven and a half sacks. 331 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: I like Autry. I think Autry's probably their second best 332 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 1: front guy at three and a half. I think the 333 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 1: world of Buyers, you know, he's having a really great year. 334 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,360 Speaker 1: And then I like their linebackers Evan and Long. Unfortunately, 335 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: Long came on against US and has really emerged as 336 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: a really good player. But the game came to them 337 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: last week. I mean when they got as you said, 338 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 1: it wasn't you know it they got they got ahead 339 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: so fast and buy a big margin that they were 340 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: able to play third down defense the rest of the way. 341 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 1: Now Tennessee is like two different defenses. We'll get into this. 342 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: But when they're just normal in their base and the 343 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: game is a normal flow, to me, they're below average 344 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: just statistically they prove it. But Sunday, because they got 345 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 1: that lead, then they get that that what I call 346 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: NASCAR package with Autry and Simmons inside and Landry and 347 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: Dupre outside and then they spin, They spend Landry around 348 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 1: different spots, gives you all kind of stuff and you 349 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: know then I mean they play a lot of man 350 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 1: with that stuff. Then they got really tough. It was 351 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: like two It was like looking at two different worlds. 352 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: If you and I've been fortunate because when we play 353 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,360 Speaker 1: them to watch every tape on them. But I mean 354 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:21,680 Speaker 1: it's I mean, honestly, everything worked for them last week. 355 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: You know, the ability to throw the ball outside and 356 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 1: shred the chief secondary and the ability to get a 357 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: big lead and let their defense feast. They got four sacks. 358 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 1: Autry basically had two of them. I think he was 359 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: our defensive player of the week, and Landry, as I said, 360 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: has seven and a half. So, you know, I think 361 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: that they're on an upward trajectory. My big three that 362 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: I always looked at. Their fifteen in points given up, 363 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: which now sneaks them into the top half QVRS nine 364 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: number nine, and they're up to a minus turnover rating. 365 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: They had a pretty low turnover rating, you know, for 366 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: a while there. But they're on an upward trajectory. But again, 367 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 1: they had everything fire perfect quickly for him last week. 368 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 1: All right, let's bust out the blueprints and talk about 369 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 1: the Titans on offense. Of course, the straw that stirs 370 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: the drink is Derrick Henry, and not only Henry in 371 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 1: the running game, but they're also using him more in 372 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,399 Speaker 1: the passing game and the screen game. He's lead the 373 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: NFL and rushing in each of the last two seasons. 374 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: That's the case again through seven games this year, Jonathan 375 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,199 Speaker 1: Taylor is second of the NFL and rushing yards, and 376 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:27,199 Speaker 1: Henry has two hundred and ninety more yards than Taylor. 377 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 1: Just to give you some context, the Titans have been 378 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: very good on offense, very efficient. They've scored points on 379 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: eleven of their last fourteen drives. Ryan Tannehill is leading 380 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: the Titans to the sixth best scoring offense, and the 381 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: last time the Titans played the Colts, Tannehill rushed for 382 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 1: a career high fifty six yards, including a backbreaking twenty 383 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: eight yards scramble at one point. And they've got playmakers 384 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 1: on the outside that compliment the running game. A. J. 385 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: Brown and Julio Jones are back to full strength healthwise. So, Rick, 386 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,919 Speaker 1: what do you make of the Titans offense here at 387 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: the halfway point of the scene. Yeah, And the amazing 388 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,919 Speaker 1: thing they've really had to patch up their offensive line. 389 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: You know, their left tackle. They finished the game with 390 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: Bobby Hart, who took over for Lamb who took over 391 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: for Luwan who was really their number three tackle who 392 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: they just acquired a week ago. Radden's the tackle from 393 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:21,880 Speaker 1: North Dakota, ends up being the left guard when Sapple 394 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: he's been in and out. You know, their right side 395 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: is average. They've done it with kind of an average 396 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 1: offensive line, but they do it because they stay ahead 397 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: and account and that's going to be the critical things. 398 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 1: As I get into the musk again, you hit it 399 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: on the head. You're talking about a Hall of Fame 400 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,640 Speaker 1: without question. Runner I always try to look for comparisons, 401 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: and it's hard on him because he's very unique. He's 402 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,199 Speaker 1: very different, and they know it and they feed it. 403 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: I think he's a little good Adrian Peterson and a 404 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: little bit Eric Differson. I mean in the sense that 405 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 1: he never looks flashy, but he's got great vision, he's 406 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: got inline quickness and smoothness. Eight arm is there, and 407 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,360 Speaker 1: then he's got that breakaway speed a lot like Jonathan 408 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: you just don't see it, and all of a sudden 409 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,400 Speaker 1: he threw there. A couple of defensive backs make business 410 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: decisions and he's out the gate. He's a home run hitter. 411 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,199 Speaker 1: So I mean, there's no question that they have to 412 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 1: do that to win. And then you know, I think 413 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,199 Speaker 1: you know obviously that you mentioned at the health of 414 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 1: the receivers. Brown had a really big game last week 415 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: with eight for one thirty three, you know, in a touchdown. 416 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,160 Speaker 1: I mean, he really he makes the difference. I think 417 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: as good as Julio Jones is on the fifty fifty 418 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: balls and the drives. When they really need a passing play, 419 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 1: they want to get it to brown and they're they're 420 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: going to move him around again. I think their offensive 421 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: line is really suspect if you get ahead. The only 422 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: thing I'll mention before I get into the musk is that. 423 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 1: And I want to mention this because I have to 424 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 1: keep it real and we have to make sure we 425 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: don't make this mistake again. I said this before. The 426 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: two things that killed us in game one was not 427 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: leveraging Tannehill on the boot, because the boots are a 428 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: part of their game. It's it's run play action bootleg. 429 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 1: It's a three tiered attack. Okay, contain him on the boot, 430 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: don't let him get the leverage on the boot. And 431 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: then we gave up. If you remember I went bananas 432 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: that day. We gave up three uncontested red zone plays. 433 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: Now that is not going to happen again. I will 434 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: guarantee you that won't happen again. But those are the 435 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,880 Speaker 1: two areas, that red zone and that containing of the boot. 436 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: Now stopping Henry the conventional runs, there's no question. Sixty 437 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: six hundred yards sixty five rushing touchdowns. I mean to me, 438 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 1: the biggest thing. You have to penetrate and set the edge. 439 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 1: But you never want to sit on that line of 440 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 1: scrimmage and let him get a head of steam. You 441 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 1: want to penetrate, and then your linebackers have to attack. 442 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 1: I mean, you're gonna have to play heavy fronts. You 443 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 1: can't play them in a light box, that's for sure, 444 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: And you got to play them all day because they're 445 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: gonna keep feeding him is not He's not gonna have 446 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 1: fifteen carres. You know. Now. The thing about him though, 447 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: and I've said this many times that I thought we 448 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 1: actually did a good job, and you know, numerically you 449 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 1: can say I'm wrong, but the games that he breaks 450 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: you open and breaks your back are games that he 451 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: hits the home run, gets the sixty yard run, gets 452 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:24,160 Speaker 1: the seventy yard run. You know, if you can keep 453 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: him around four point zero, like I think, we held 454 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 1: him to one fourteen, which you could say, well, he 455 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: gained over over one hundred, but he did it with 456 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 1: four point zero, so I can. If I can do that, 457 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,639 Speaker 1: If I can hold him to four point z one 458 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: hundred and fourteen, you know what I'm gonna take that. 459 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 1: I am actually gonna take that, and that's you know, 460 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,639 Speaker 1: that's gonna take discipline. You gotta keep that ball in 461 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:49,120 Speaker 1: the circle. You gotta close, and you gotta get gang tackles. 462 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: You don't want to let them want You don't want 463 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 1: to let him one on one with your defensive backs 464 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: because he can embarrass some of those guys. And don't 465 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: forget McNichols. McNichols got that last touchdown against US. He's 466 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: there's base change up when he comes into game. It's 467 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 1: more passed. But you gotta number one. You gotta stop 468 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: Henry now number two, and this is all kind of combined. Okay, 469 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: your corners have to play great in this game, and 470 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: they're gonna be forced whether you play at his own 471 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: or whether you play at Man, they're gonna be forced 472 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,719 Speaker 1: to play a bunch of one on one on the outside. 473 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: And you've got to crowd Jones and Brown. In my opinion, 474 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 1: I think they're the kind of receivers. If you remember 475 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,640 Speaker 1: in basketball, they used to use what the Pistons used 476 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: to use what they called the Jordan rules against Michael Jordan, 477 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,120 Speaker 1: and in a nutshell, that was is prevent Jordan from 478 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: getting the ball. And I think what's really important is 479 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 1: you crowd these guys. Jones doesn't run like he used to, 480 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: and Brown has always been a four or five. He's 481 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: not a burner. But you know, obviously Jones has the 482 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:53,160 Speaker 1: big catching radius and Brown has an amazing ability to 483 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 1: yak yards after the catch. He's just physical. He can 484 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: run out of tackles, and so you want to be 485 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,400 Speaker 1: on those guys. You don't want to give him any daylight. 486 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 1: I want our corners to be really aggressive, and they 487 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,439 Speaker 1: know we're gonna play an eight man front. I mean 488 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:10,919 Speaker 1: they've always they went right after y'all seen in the 489 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: last game. I mean, they go after our corners. So 490 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: I think one of the biggest things in winning this game, 491 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 1: particularly the way they're playing now, is not only stopping Henry, 492 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 1: but crowding and resisting and basically challenging these receivers. Number three, 493 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: we got to play great in the red zone. Okay, 494 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 1: as I said, I mentioned it twice, mentioned it three times. 495 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 1: That was the killer in Nashville. Now they're two twenty one. 496 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 1: Stats are not as good as they're playing right now. 497 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: I think they're like eighteenth, but they were number two 498 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: and two twenty and they're in that upward trajectory. That's 499 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: where they're playing so much better. Again. They hit three 500 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: touchdown passes. Uncontested against us. And the other thing that 501 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: makes them good is Tannehill will run quarterback designers. If 502 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: you look last week, he ran that naked in for 503 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: a touch down. He's run zone reads. They don't run 504 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: him by nature. He extends and he'll extend to bootleg. 505 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,399 Speaker 1: But when they get into red zone there will be designers. 506 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 1: So you've got to be very very careful on the edge. Okay, 507 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: now you know I think the other thing, and I'll 508 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: just mention again, hold the edges on Tannehill. You know 509 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: he killed us in Game one with that twenty eight 510 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: yard run on the bootleg, and again, very concerned with 511 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: him in the red zone. Don't be afraid to bring 512 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 1: outside pressure on first down from your perimeter and particularly 513 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: from the field, because they don't really like to buy. 514 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: They don't like to really boot him into the short 515 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 1: side of the field. They like to boot him strong. 516 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,479 Speaker 1: And if you could hit him early and discourage that 517 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,679 Speaker 1: with outside pressure, I think it would be good. The 518 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,359 Speaker 1: other thing that Tannehill has done lately, even Sunday as 519 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 1: well as he played and even in our game, he 520 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: will this year he has tended occasionally, not a lot, 521 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 1: but he's occasionally you know, he's occasionally thrown that ball 522 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 1: into a pep rally as as hype. Rabel said. Incidentally, 523 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: Rabel is doing his very best Belichick right now to 524 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: try to tamp down the hype. I mean, he came 525 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: out of there surly out of the game, and I 526 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 1: know that that's an act that's just for his team, 527 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: so that they don't you know, they're even get too 528 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 1: high on themselves. But I think we can get some 529 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: turnovers on this guy if we can get that league 530 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 1: and again get him in disadvantage. Attack their offensive line. 531 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: You know, as good as they are on offense, you know, 532 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 1: they're they're twenty sixth in the past and they're twenty 533 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 1: sixth and sacks, so you know, I, like I said, 534 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,880 Speaker 1: I don't think they can play from a two possession deficit. 535 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 1: That's what's so important to have a fast start and 536 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 1: for off our offense, just to challenge him and get 537 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,120 Speaker 1: after him. You know, they're they're kind of a they're 538 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: left tackle. Like I said, they're down to number three 539 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,439 Speaker 1: Bobby Hart. I mean, it's just, you know, they really 540 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,719 Speaker 1: really struggle. And the other thing that I've I've seen Tanny, 541 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,399 Speaker 1: I've talked to you about Cannon thrown it into a 542 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 1: crowd at times this year. The other thing I've seen, 543 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 1: because of their issues at left tackle, I've seen those 544 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 1: strip sacks off the blind sign. So let's get Quiddy going. 545 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 1: Let's get him off that blind side, and let's see 546 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: if he can get some strip sacks this week. All right, 547 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: let's switch gears and talk about the Titans on defense. 548 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:21,479 Speaker 1: That unit is definitely the weaker of the two compared 549 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 1: to their offense, but they are coming off their best 550 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: performance of the season, holding the Chiefs that just three 551 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 1: points and four for eleven on third down. Despite the 552 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 1: three points to Kansas City, though, they've allowed at least 553 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,439 Speaker 1: thirty points in three games so far this season, and 554 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 1: they are susceptible in the passing game. They held the 555 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 1: Colts in check to just sixteen points in the first meeting, 556 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 1: but we all know that was the game that Carson 557 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: Wentz barely made an active with his two bad ankle sprains. 558 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 1: He's a much better quarterback now. The Colts are a 559 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 1: much better offense than the two hundred and sixty five 560 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 1: yards of total offense they had in Week three in 561 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: the Music City. So what do you make of the 562 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: Titans on defense, they rushing the pass are much better 563 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: this year than they last season. Where have they improved 564 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: since the Colts last saw them four weeks ago? Well, Matt, 565 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 1: I think you just kind of hit it on the head. 566 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: I think that the two anomalies, and I'm going to 567 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: say they're positive anomalies for the Titans. The two games 568 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: that they looked the best was against US in Game three, 569 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: But I think it was an anomaly in that they 570 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 1: knew that Carson. I mean, he played courageously, but he 571 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: couldn't move, and so every time they got suckon and long, 572 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 1: they brought the house. I mean, they brought all Nashville 573 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 1: out for him, and I think it's a distortion of 574 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: how good they are. And then last week they played 575 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: with that humongous lead and they were able to get 576 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 1: in the most perfect ratio that they need to get into. 577 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 1: And you're right about the rush. I'll get into that, 578 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 1: but I still think that it is their weak link 579 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: and I think it is the thing that for their 580 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 1: defense overall, prevents them from being an elite team, and 581 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 1: it makes them vulnerable week in and week out. And 582 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 1: that's why I think we have such a good opportunity here. 583 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: You know, they you know, they're corners. You know, they 584 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 1: they they've gone out and they've invested in Jack Rabbit 585 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: in Fulton, but they've had injuries on the right side. 586 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: They've gone through people. Last week they started Maybon who 587 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: was who Basically they signed a week ago on the 588 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: practice squad to play right corners. So, you know, as 589 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 1: much as they've invested, you know, you know, with the 590 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: excession of Jack Rabbit, who I think you can beat. 591 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: That's Jack Rabbit Jenkins, I think you can be because 592 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: I had them in Saint Louis. You know, they still 593 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 1: that's a very fluid position for him. You know, I 594 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 1: don't feel like now you could argue with me on 595 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,719 Speaker 1: Sunday that with all the money they've invested. I mean, 596 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: those four guys up front, Landry, Simmons, Autry, and Dupree 597 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: are big investment guys for them. Those aren't just guys 598 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: that came in off the street. They're either high draft 599 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 1: picks or free agent signings for good money. But I 600 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 1: don't think weekend and week out that they've really shown that, 601 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,240 Speaker 1: you know, in a game where it's both run and past. 602 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,479 Speaker 1: Now you look at some key guys. I mean some 603 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 1: key guys. It's obviously starts with Landry. You know, Landry 604 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 1: has like thirty seven tackles and seven and a half sacks. 605 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: He's always given us problems, even when Costanzo was here. 606 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 1: You know he's under size, but he gets after it, 607 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: buyed three picks. You know, twenty nine tackles seven tvus. 608 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: Those two guys are their statistical knockout guys. And then 609 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: Autry's coming on. He had two sacks Sunday and three 610 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 1: and a half for the season. And you know, we 611 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 1: know Autry. I mean he can play all over, but 612 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 1: where he's really effective as a rusher is when he 613 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 1: gets inside on your guards, particularly her right guard. And 614 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 1: then Evans and Long I think are very very good 615 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 1: stack linebackers. I think between the two of them they 616 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 1: have something like eighty eight tackles. I mean they really 617 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 1: go h you know. But you know, again when you 618 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: when you look at him statistically, it's it's a team 619 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,080 Speaker 1: that you feel like you can really, you know, you 620 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 1: can really play with um I think you know, as 621 00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 1: terms of the must you know, I think the first 622 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 1: thing is and this is really important, They're always going 623 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: to be in an over or under. And you hear 624 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 1: me say this week after, we keep pounding at the 625 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:11,120 Speaker 1: bubble and get in three wide receivers some to get 626 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: him in that nickel on first down, not on third down, 627 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,840 Speaker 1: and run right at Landry on the right side. Landry 628 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 1: is a terrific loose play guy, but he's not a 629 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 1: real physical guy at the point. And so if you 630 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 1: can get a nickel and get them on subdo I'm 631 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,600 Speaker 1: talking about first down nickel, okay, which is basically basic 632 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 1: for them, then you want to get right after Landry. 633 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 1: His plays come on the passing game, no question about that. 634 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 1: You know. I think Simmons and Autry are solid. I 635 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:43,000 Speaker 1: would work the edges, work the edges, but cracked back 636 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: on those safeties. You cannot you cannot let Buyer down 637 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,959 Speaker 1: in there. Or the kid that played good against us 638 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: and played good Sunday was Crushank. Who's the backup you know, 639 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,120 Speaker 1: along with Hooker's back, Evans and Long. You got to 640 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,920 Speaker 1: get those second level, those linebackers and those safeties block 641 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 1: on those outside plays. Now, I'll tell you where they've 642 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:07,040 Speaker 1: saved themselves, and they won the Buffalo game. Short yardage 643 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 1: and goal line. This is where you really have to 644 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 1: have a nice package and you got to be able 645 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 1: to knock him off that ball because you know, if 646 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 1: you remember they stop Buffalo on that fourth and one sneak, 647 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 1: or that game might have been different. So you know, 648 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:24,360 Speaker 1: they are number nine on the rush on rush defense, 649 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,240 Speaker 1: so you know that's going to be a challenge. Number two. 650 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:31,520 Speaker 1: I think, you know, I think that we're better on this, 651 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:35,360 Speaker 1: but I still see a shaky at times. We gotta 652 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 1: protect the edges. I mean, Landry will give Fisher all 653 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 1: he wants off that right side with those sacks, and 654 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 1: he is very, very quick and athletic, so Fisher's got 655 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:50,120 Speaker 1: to really keep his feet moving. Dupre on the other side, 656 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: you know, you know, Dupre basically has thirty nine and 657 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,040 Speaker 1: a half sacks in his career. Now he got his 658 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 1: first one Sunday, got his first one for the Titans, 659 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,680 Speaker 1: and he's he is coming back from Achilles much like 660 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 1: Fisher is on the other side, so he seems to 661 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,960 Speaker 1: be getting better. And our guy Autrey has thirty four 662 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 1: career sacks and two last weeks, so you know, those 663 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,799 Speaker 1: other things do not you know, and again, if we 664 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: can stay ahead of them and keep that rush package 665 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:22,840 Speaker 1: on the bench. That's all the difference in the world. Again, 666 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:26,800 Speaker 1: third down is their favorite down, and that's that's usually 667 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,719 Speaker 1: where teams fail. This is where they got ahead Sunday, 668 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,800 Speaker 1: and they are very classic. They're they're really fairly basic 669 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 1: on first and second down, but then on third down 670 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:38,640 Speaker 1: they start dealing it up. And the first thing they 671 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:42,960 Speaker 1: do is they get Landry, Dupree, Simmons and Autrey as 672 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,360 Speaker 1: their front four, and then they can make it a 673 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,760 Speaker 1: delta or three man look and they can walk Landry, 674 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,360 Speaker 1: he walks around different spots. He can rush inside, outside, 675 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,880 Speaker 1: and then they give you a lot of blitz in 676 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: that situation, and they give you a lot of tough 677 00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:01,000 Speaker 1: man to man coverage. So you know, they are number 678 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: fifteen in sacks and those are coming more lately, and 679 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,319 Speaker 1: their number fifteen on third down. Okay, now we've got 680 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: to attack their corners. There's no doubt about it. Jenkins 681 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:16,000 Speaker 1: is their best Number twenty Jack Rabbit Jenkins who plays 682 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,160 Speaker 1: on their left side. He's a very talented guy, but 683 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,240 Speaker 1: he has frizzes in his game and he's a guesser, 684 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:26,040 Speaker 1: and so he is very vulnerable. When you go after Jenkins, 685 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:29,000 Speaker 1: don't go after him standard go after him with double 686 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: moves all the time, and then whoever plays opposite. I mean, 687 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,920 Speaker 1: they've had a lot of injuries. Again, last week they 688 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 1: started Maybe who came off the practice squad. You know, 689 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,200 Speaker 1: you know when they get into Jackson and Borders, they 690 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,799 Speaker 1: are really a mess. And so that's why they they 691 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,200 Speaker 1: just they said, we can't play with those guys. We're 692 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,640 Speaker 1: gonna put Maybe in there. And he was adequate in 693 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:54,040 Speaker 1: the game, came to him. But and again their field 694 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:57,400 Speaker 1: side corner is almost naked the whole game. They'll roll 695 00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,759 Speaker 1: week a little bit, but they don't roll strong very 696 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 1: much our guy. And then I think again I said 697 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:06,480 Speaker 1: this early from a defensive standpoint, but it's the whole team. 698 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,319 Speaker 1: We've got to win in the red zone. I think 699 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:12,080 Speaker 1: the team in a big game like this, you know, 700 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,120 Speaker 1: the ball is going to move. The skill level on 701 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,719 Speaker 1: both teams is too good for it not to move 702 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:20,400 Speaker 1: between the twenties, and so what's going to really determine 703 00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:24,440 Speaker 1: is who plays best in the red zone. And I 704 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,040 Speaker 1: think Tennessee is fairly stout. Like I said, they don't 705 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:30,160 Speaker 1: have a great offensive statistic this year, but they have 706 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:33,399 Speaker 1: traditionally been in the top three four teams every year, 707 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:36,360 Speaker 1: and they're number twelve on defense, even though their defensive 708 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:41,160 Speaker 1: statistics aren't really that good. So again it's very important 709 00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:44,479 Speaker 1: for us to stop them. We didn't challenge them last 710 00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:47,080 Speaker 1: time on defense. We've got to challenge them. And then 711 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:50,799 Speaker 1: we've got to continue to think players not players, and 712 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:55,360 Speaker 1: our players are number twenty eight, number eleven, number eighty 713 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:59,959 Speaker 1: one in a selective use of fourteen in the red zone. 714 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,680 Speaker 1: And again Carson's legs, which he showed you for the 715 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,200 Speaker 1: first time, and I've been talking about it all year, 716 00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:09,080 Speaker 1: but last year was last week was the new chapter. 717 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,600 Speaker 1: He showed you what his own read can be in 718 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,080 Speaker 1: the in the goal line again down here, I think 719 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,479 Speaker 1: it's gonna be like the game itself. It's will over skill, man. 720 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,560 Speaker 1: I mean it's it's gonna be tight down in there, 721 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:24,120 Speaker 1: tight quarters. You know, no, no, no place for the 722 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,360 Speaker 1: meet here. The meek will not inherit the earth in 723 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,840 Speaker 1: that last ten year, not this week. You gotta be 724 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:32,560 Speaker 1: ready to go. That's absolutely right. And Rick, as we 725 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,640 Speaker 1: close out, I mean, we all know you've talked about it, 726 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,799 Speaker 1: You've hinted at it this entire time. This is it's 727 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,040 Speaker 1: not a make or break game. It's not a do 728 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,759 Speaker 1: or die game, but man, it's it's right on the 729 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:48,120 Speaker 1: edge of one of those things. It's pretty close, you know. 730 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:51,359 Speaker 1: But I I say it with excitement. I do too. 731 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,200 Speaker 1: I do too. And it's one of those things, you know, 732 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,759 Speaker 1: this is what we play for. This is this is 733 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:59,640 Speaker 1: what I mean. It was survival in San Francisco and 734 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:01,640 Speaker 1: this this is gonna be a blood bath in the 735 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:04,560 Speaker 1: AFC South, you know. And in some ways, I mean, 736 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:06,040 Speaker 1: we don't, you know, we don't want to let them 737 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,440 Speaker 1: go to six and two. I mean, it's a it's 738 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:11,399 Speaker 1: a bit of an ELI elimination game. I always say 739 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,000 Speaker 1: that to put importance on it. But more than that, 740 00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:17,040 Speaker 1: it's a great opportunity game because it's a game that 741 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:20,799 Speaker 1: we can win. We can definitely win. And now we 742 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:25,239 Speaker 1: pull within one just this morning. They're not even a 743 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,719 Speaker 1: good JV team. I mean, we're gonna be, you know, 744 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,440 Speaker 1: if we get through this one, We're we're going to 745 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:33,719 Speaker 1: control the division by the end of game nine. I 746 00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:36,399 Speaker 1: guarantee it, we will, you know. And they're they're gonna 747 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,239 Speaker 1: be rideing high, and I think they might be a 748 00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:41,239 Speaker 1: little ripe after two huge wins, and that you know 749 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:45,960 Speaker 1: that publicity just dismounts, you know. And again, they're best 750 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,359 Speaker 1: when they get the advantage early, because then they can 751 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,920 Speaker 1: pound with Henry, pound with Henry, and then they can 752 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,640 Speaker 1: get that rush package in there. And I keep making 753 00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,600 Speaker 1: reference to that because that's who they are. That's the 754 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,560 Speaker 1: two things that they're really good at when they get 755 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:03,680 Speaker 1: that certain type of game, you know, you know, it's 756 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,879 Speaker 1: it's just one of those big games. And it's why 757 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,360 Speaker 1: we do this. I mean this to me, this is 758 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:13,239 Speaker 1: the shot. We can have all the speculation, all the 759 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,400 Speaker 1: guys talking about who we are, who we are not, 760 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:20,080 Speaker 1: and this is an opportunity for us to prove number one, 761 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:25,440 Speaker 1: to ourselves, to cultination and to the world that we 762 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:29,719 Speaker 1: are a legitimate contender and not simply a bottom feed 763 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:32,800 Speaker 1: or slayer. You know what I'm saying. I mean, because 764 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,440 Speaker 1: that is the storyline, that's the narrative. You're going to 765 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:39,879 Speaker 1: be one or the other after Sunday and again. In 766 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:42,560 Speaker 1: my opinion, now, the reason it's so much fun and 767 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:46,520 Speaker 1: it's so much opportunity is again, by fighting your way back, 768 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:50,200 Speaker 1: fighting your way back, you now still control your destiny. 769 00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,120 Speaker 1: I know. There's still nine games to play after this one, 770 00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:55,600 Speaker 1: but based on how the Titans have been playing, I 771 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,200 Speaker 1: don't I don't think you want to think about trying 772 00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:00,160 Speaker 1: to make up essentially a four game deficit becau as 773 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,600 Speaker 1: the Titans would hold the head to head tiebreakers on 774 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:05,520 Speaker 1: the Cults. So right, again, it goes without saying this 775 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:09,640 Speaker 1: makes Sunday's game one of the most important October home 776 00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:13,080 Speaker 1: games the Cults have had in a long long time. 777 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:15,480 Speaker 1: All right, Rick, thanks for the knowledge. As always, do 778 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:17,799 Speaker 1: you feel like this season has flown by like we're 779 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:21,160 Speaker 1: going at breakneck speed here in twenty twenty one? It 780 00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:24,000 Speaker 1: really is amazing. And then we're gonna play two games, right, 781 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,520 Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna play two games in five days, 782 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:28,920 Speaker 1: four days, which is you know, which is gonna take 783 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,759 Speaker 1: us past week nine? And all of a sudden we're 784 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:34,360 Speaker 1: rolling back downhill. Now it's gonna be fun. There's some 785 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:37,040 Speaker 1: big games coming up. I will bring you back to 786 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:41,239 Speaker 1: one thing though I was a part, and I was 787 00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:44,719 Speaker 1: a part of it, one of the greatest Halloween Night 788 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:49,160 Speaker 1: games in the history of the NFL. When we played 789 00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:53,160 Speaker 1: that national television Monday Night game and we blew. We 790 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:58,640 Speaker 1: were underdogs, the Broncos, Right, we blew the Broncos off 791 00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:02,040 Speaker 1: the face of the earth. Heared Dickerson ran through them 792 00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:05,480 Speaker 1: like like they were nothing. We played great defense and 793 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:08,560 Speaker 1: that was the hollow. That was kind of a Halloween miracles. 794 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:10,560 Speaker 1: I don't think it's a miracle. Let's just have a 795 00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:14,000 Speaker 1: Halloween win. Yeah, nightmare for the Broncos. I know that, 796 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:17,160 Speaker 1: and hopefully the Colts can give them a Titans that 797 00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:20,200 Speaker 1: is a little bit of a Mattenee nightmare on Sunday 798 00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,960 Speaker 1: afternoon on Halloween Day. All right, Rick, thanks for the 799 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,640 Speaker 1: time as always. We'll see on Sunday for the big game. 800 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:29,680 Speaker 1: Rest up, get mentally focused, and we'll see you on Sunday, 801 00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:32,920 Speaker 1: my friend. All right, man, I'm really happy with one, 802 00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:37,640 Speaker 1: really ready for that. He too. The four am bedtime 803 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:40,960 Speaker 1: the other night was was not conducive to It was 804 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:44,239 Speaker 1: a little difficult. No, not conducive to a four year 805 00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:45,879 Speaker 1: old and a one year old, I can tell you that. 806 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,879 Speaker 1: But we power on, my friend. We'll see you on Sunday, Rick, 807 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,360 Speaker 1: thanks as always for the time. Man. All right, pardoner, 808 00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,760 Speaker 1: all right, Rick vent orry right there. I'm Matt Taylor. 809 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,440 Speaker 1: This has been inside Football. We will talk to you 810 00:41:56,600 --> 00:42:00,560 Speaker 1: next week. But the Colts and Titans Showdown on Sunday,