WEBVTT - The OTP | Analyzing the Titans During the Bye 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:12.920 This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 0:00:13.119 --> 0:00:15.600 Plan on paying less for the coverage you need with 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:19.520 Farm Bureau Health Plans. Get a quote today at FBHP 0:00:19.720 --> 0:00:23.040 dot com. I'm Mike Keith. The Titans are back from 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:27.040 London after losing to Baltimore twenty four to sixteen. I 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:30.520 visited with Mike Rabel on Monday to discuss the loss 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:34.200 to the Ravens and what to expect from bye week. 0:00:34.520 --> 0:00:38.120 Here's my conversation with Mike Rabel on the OTP. Mike, 0:00:38.159 --> 0:00:40.879 you met with the media this afternoon, and you're obviously 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:43.440 asked about Ryan tannehill status. If you don't mind for 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:45.760 those who didn't have a chance to hear kind of 0:00:45.840 --> 0:00:48.080 update people on what you said about your quarterback. 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:50.560 Well, you know, he's got a high ankle sprain and 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:52.479 we'll see you know, he's been through this before. And 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:55.760 you know, I just got caught in the pocket there 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:57.440 and a guy came down on it, and I know 0:00:57.480 --> 0:00:58.320 how tough Ryan is. 0:00:58.360 --> 0:01:00.760 And we've got a little bit of time, so uh to. 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:03.640 Have to give you any more information that I don't 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:04.640 have any more than that. 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.080 So we'll have to make sure. 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:12.280 That you know that we get everybody ready, you know, 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:15.840 whether that's Ryan or whether that's Malik or will we'll 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:18.800 we'll have to have a plan based on on his 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:20.480 health and everybody else's health. 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:23.600 Get back from London. Obviously, the two guys with the 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:27.520 concussions are of concern to Titans fans, Chris Moore and 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:28.240 Josh Wiley. 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:30.119 How are those guys doing right now? Great? 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:34.280 From what I've seen, both doing well. And they'll they'll 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:37.880 work their way uh through through the protocol and and 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:41.039 we'll see how how they progress and what they're going 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:43.160 to be able to do this week or heading into 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:43.640 next week. 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:46.680 How much will you do this week as far as practice, 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:47.280 would like. 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:49.080 To do some you know, I think everybody's got a 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:49.600 different plan. 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:52.000 But we have to you know, we have to think 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:54.120 about winning this week, you know, finding a way to 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:57.080 win this week and get stuff accomplished for each player, 0:01:57.120 --> 0:02:00.520 for each position group, for each unit, and for this team. 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:04.040 So that's my goal, that's my thoughts, is trying to 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:07.320 do the things that we feel like are going to 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:08.560 help us at this point in time. 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:10.799 Talked about some of the good things that you saw 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:13.840 during the course of the game with Baltimore. One of 0:02:13.880 --> 0:02:16.560 the things to us would have been Harold Landry. We 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:19.160 called his name quite a bit as you reviewed the 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:21.400 tape on the way back. Did he play as well 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:22.200 as we thought he did? 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:24.920 He ran around and chased and you know, we have 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:27.520 to win one on ones, you know, whether that's Harold, Jeff, 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:31.960 Denico Arden, guys that we think that that can affect 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:34.000 the quarterback when they get one on ones, that that's 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:38.400 the expectation. So they all have to we all have 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:40.840 to win more one on ones. It's what this game 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.960 comes down to, whether it's coverage, whether you're trying to 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:46.720 get open or you're trying to block somebody, you're trying 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:47.440 to get past them. 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:50.720 Sean Murphy Budding is another guy who continues to show 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:54.239 up his ability to battle one of the things you 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:57.480 admire most about him. Well, I think he's an instinctive player. 0:02:57.480 --> 0:02:59.280 I think he's smart. I think he knows kind of 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:01.880 what to get away with, what what can't. 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:03.280 You know. 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:07.520 I think he sees the picture and kind of you know, 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:11.000 challenges you know when he has to. And you know, 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:14.000 again those are the things that we're talking about. The 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:15.600 play that he made is just making the ones that 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:19.120 you're supposed to make and you know, took advantage of 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:24.000 an errant throw and again it was there and he 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:24.640 made the play. 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:26.160 And that's that's what we're talking about. 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:28.679 It is not doing anything above and beyond just making 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:29.959 the ones that we're supposed to make. 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:32.240 Have you made a decision what you're going to do 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:35.760 at the left tackle spot after Nicholas Petifrere comes in 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:37.680 for Andre Dillard yesterday. 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:39.240 I know I'm not going to make those decisions less 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:41.200 than twenty four hours after the game. So we've got 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:43.119 a long a lot of time before we play another game. 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:46.240 All right, Now, let's talk a little bit about some 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:48.760 of the other guys who've jumped out in the first 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:51.160 six games of the season. And I want to go 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:54.000 back to Taja Spears. I mean, takes that quick screen 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:57.040 and just making people miss all over the field. 0:03:57.840 --> 0:03:59.680 That's the part of the game you love about him. 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:03.680 We have to manufacture more touches, but he didn't do 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:06.160 that on his own. You know, there's there's three offensive 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:10.360 linemen out there, there's a receiver out there at the 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:12.320 point of attack, and there were some really really cool 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:15.120 efforts and once you go watch that play again, uh 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:18.840 Nick Petite and uh Brew watching those guys run and 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:21.480 everybody trying to finish, and then obviously, you know, the. 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:23.120 Guy with the ball has got to do his job, 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:24.120 in which Taj. 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:26.440 Did, and you know, I'm just going to continue to 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:29.400 need those types of efforts from him and from everybody 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:30.440 else that we give the ball to. 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.760 We said that a lot out of Aaron Brewer, and 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:35.480 it feels like he's taking more and more of a 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:38.080 leadership role, not just with his words, but with his 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:41.920 style of play. Is he becoming that type of player 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:46.320 who really sort of symbolizes what you want the Titans 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:46.520 to be? 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:49.599 Well, I hope that would symbolize anything that we would 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:53.599 want to do with this organization on the field. Off 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:56.839 the field. It certainly plays with a with a level 0:04:56.920 --> 0:05:01.560 of speed and effort and violence and in the way 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:05.400 that he carries himself. Not the biggest player, but you know, 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:07.960 I think he's kind of doing the things the way 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:10.480 that we would want him done, and you know, we 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:14.120 just need to kind of get that consistency throughout the 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:17.320 rest of the unit. And and I think that we're 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:19.800 close at times. There's a lot of cool runs in there, 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.279 a lot of good protections in there, and then you know, 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:23.360 sometimes not so good. 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:24.680 Unfortunately on third down. 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:27.640 The difficulty for the Titans in the ball game against 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:30.160 the Ravens just forty six offensive plays. 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:33.599 It's not enough to create enough place. It's not enough 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:35.400 to get the ball to Derek enough. It's not enough 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:37.560 to get the ball to Taja enough or check or 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:39.360 hop and you know, any of them. 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:39.880 That's just. 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:44.080 You have to be so good with the forty six 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:46.640 that you have, you know, and when you look at 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:48.640 the forty six plays and how many of them were 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:51.480 third downs, how many of them were two minute when 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:55.000 you're down two scores. So really in the bulk of it, 0:05:55.120 --> 0:05:58.520 just just not enough plays that to complement each other. 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:01.240 As a coaching staff, what are the things that you'll 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:04.920 focus on during the course of this off week, Well, 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:06.240 it's about self improvement. 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:09.520 It's about trying to figure out what our players can 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:14.640 improve on, making sure that there's a level of cohesion 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:19.279 to our position group, that we're focused on unit execution 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:23.359 in all three phases, and then also building the team 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:26.240 pride and team success is critical, and those are the 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:29.159 things that we're going to focus on that I'm going 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:30.200 to explain to the players. 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:32.839 Jeffrey Simmons gave an interview in the locker room after 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:34.720 the game, and one of the things he said is 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:37.080 we need to focus on the guys who are ready 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:39.320 to play, and the guys who are not ready to play, 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:40.880 they need to move along. I don't know if you 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:44.400 heard Jeff's comments that we played earlier, but strong statement 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:47.680 from number ninety eight as a former player and now 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:49.400 as a head coach, is that the kind of thing 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:51.719 you want to hear at a moment like this from 0:06:51.800 --> 0:06:52.760 him specifically. 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:56.359 And Jeff's earning the right to say what he wants 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:58.799 and what's on his mind. And again, when you lose, 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:01.760 you're frustrated. You know, We've we want to win. That's 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:03.359 why we come to work, That's why we do what 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:07.640 we do. And yeah, we need everybody. We need the 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.080 guys that are out there to play better. We need 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:13.280 the ones that aren't out there, uh to come and 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:16.680 help us so that we, uh, you know, we could 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:20.000 start putting something together. And uh, you know, but I'll 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.440 say the guys that you know to stepped in, whether 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:25.400 that's a practice squad or guys that uh you know, 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:28.480 played more snaps and than maybe what they normally would. 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:31.000 You know, I got we got some pretty good efforts from. 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:34.880 Them, like Jaliel Johnson or Kyle Peco in the defensive line. 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:35.520 Absolutely. 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:39.280 You know, I think Jalil played uh much improved from 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:41.240 from the indie game. Played with his hands, played with 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:42.400 some pad level showed up. 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:47.360 You know. Peco is as good as he's been for 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:48.080 us in the game. 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:51.720 It just did not only his ability to to knock 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:55.240 back the tackle a few times and create some some 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:59.200 no game plays one on short yardage. I had a 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:02.559 couple of cool effort plays. And those are the things 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:04.840 that we're going to continue to do that are going 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:06.640 to help us win. There's some things that we're going 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:09.040 to have to eliminate, but we're going to start there 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:10.160 with the things that help us win. 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:12.520 You felt like you got your run defense back under 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:15.640 control against Baltimore or more of the way you wanted 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:16.040 it least. 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.240 And a quarterback, however many he had when he dropped 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:20.440 back to throw the ball, I mean where they're not 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:21.280 even playing a. 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:22.080 Schedule on a run. 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:24.600 Whatever those were, Take those out. 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:26.559 And then they're not going to take out the ones 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:30.120 that he kept in his own read. That's the responsibility 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:31.720 we have to make sure that we're good there, But 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:36.480 there were some pretty good, pretty good walls, pretty good edges, 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:39.160 some pretty good tackles, toss crack they tried us on 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:41.439 and you know we had guys running to the football 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:42.000 and tackling. 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:47.079 That's my Monday talk with Mike Rabel. It's always game 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:50.320 on with Duncan. So grab a coffee and kick off 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:53.600 the action. Whether that's drinking a cup of coffee on 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:56.280 your way to the game or grabbing one to go 0:08:56.360 --> 0:09:00.200 before watching the game at home, Duncan is always there 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:03.480 to help you get your game on. Just like the pros, 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:05.480 we need to be at our best come game time, 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.679 which is why Duncan is the most important part of 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:12.280 your game day ritual because it's always the best call 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:17.680 for Football America runs on Duncan. And now welcome my 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:22.720 fully caffeinated Titans radio broadcast partners Ret Brian and Ramone Foster. 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:25.320 Retbrian is actually having a Duncan. 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:26.720 What are you having? Cole Brew? 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:31.360 Cole Brew with a little almond milk in there? Nicely done? Ramone? 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.360 How are you hanging in there? Are you jet lagged 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:33.720 at all? 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:36.280 It won't hit me until you know later in the 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:38.600 later in the week. How it always comes and bites 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:41.640 you back. But you know what, the flight wasn't back 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:43.679 coming back, and we all made it back safely. And 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:45.720 I think that was a little bit of a turbo 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:48.400 in that playing coming back. I think we'd bet timming, y'all. 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:52.440 It was nicely done, well done by the piloty congratulations 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:55.920 all right. So I have gathered some things to discuss 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:58.240 and I'm just going to throw them out and you 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:03.239 can respond however you wish. They're just some notes, some stats. 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:07.320 I don't know if they're very newsworthy, but they seemed 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:11.679 insightful to me, So here we go. TAIJ Spears got 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:15.200 only four touches at New Orleans. Over the next four games, 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:21.240 Spears averaged nine touches per game, with those numbers growing weekly. 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:25.920 In London, however, TAIJ Spears had only five touches, the 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:28.719 last of which went for forty eight yards on a 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:29.360 quick screen. 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:34.360 Are you surprised by that? Surprised by his use a 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:34.800 little bit? 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:37.480 Yeah, because he's been proven the more reps that get, 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:40.440 the better he does. And it's not like he has 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:43.680 to have you know, the high number, double digit numbers, twenty, 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:47.640 you know, thirty, it's just his ability to pop an offense. 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:50.079 His ability to be a splash player is what you saw. 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:52.199 I think the tailtale sign of it was in the 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:54.880 second half of that game, when the Titans were behind. 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:57.200 You give the ball to a guy like Taza and 0:10:57.240 --> 0:10:59.839 it's not like he had, you know, tons of guys 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:02.840 in front of him, his bob and weaving inside of 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:08.079 defensive traffic, almost making Kylevin NOI rip his growing As 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:10.160 far as the way he made him split on the 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:12.600 run and get down to the tight red zone. I 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:15.880 think it shows you the capabilities he has when it 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:18.400 comes down to his play making ability. That's what's most 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:20.960 exciting about him. And you have to ask that question, 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:23.600 what more can he do with the ball in his hand? 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:26.080 Even more moving forward? And of course that means you 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:28.240 may have to take reps from somebody else that somebody 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:30.880 else may end up being Dereck Henry. But if this 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:33.959 is something that can be very advantageous to this offense, 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:37.400 the ability to include more explosion plays, the ability to 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:41.000 keep defenses unbalanced is what Taj kind of proves for you. 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:45.000 And also having the ability to run your offense. 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:45.920 It's good. 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:47.800 I'd love to see a little bit more of it, 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:49.800 But of course I'm not the OC or the head coach. 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:51.160 You gotta make those decisions. 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:53.080 But when you look at the results of what he's 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:55.160 capable of doing throughout the course of the game when 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:58.120 he's had those opportunities, he's earned it for sure, Mike. 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:01.680 I think it's what they liked about him and hoped 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:05.400 for him when they drafted him, and I think now 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:08.560 that they're seeing things, even in the smaller sample size, 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:13.400 as long as those plays start becoming explosive, I think 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:16.480 you will see an uptick in his touches in this. 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.920 We'll see after the bye week, they got thirteen days 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:22.040 before their next game, and then we'll just see how 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:23.360 this all plays out. 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:24.200 Next one. 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:30.320 Titans are averaging twenty four rushing attempts per game. The 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:35.600 opponent actually more twenty eight rushes per game. Of course, 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:38.559 coming off two games where the Colts went for one 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:42.800 ninety three and the Ravens went for one thirty nine. 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:47.520 Derrick Henry averaging sixteen carries per game, which is down 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:51.440 for him. Did we ever think the Titans would average 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:55.320 less rushing attempts than the opponent or is it just 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:57.200 the fact that they've been behind. 0:12:57.760 --> 0:13:01.120 A little bit of both of them behind makes you 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:02.920 elect to throwing the ball a little bit more too. 0:13:03.120 --> 0:13:04.760 That always plays a part in it. 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:07.240 But the time of possession by the opposing teams have 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:10.280 been a little bit more than what the Titans have 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:12.240 in the last few weeks, Mike. And with that being 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:14.120 the case, and they're able to turn and work this 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:17.040 defense down with them being out on the field a 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:20.400 little bit longer, you have to resort to your sub 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:22.600 packages to where Derek's not running the ball because you're 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:25.079 playing catch up with what the coach did at their 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:28.320 home stadium on how they ran the ball. You gotta 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:30.079 play ketchup. You got to get the ball out of 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:32.360 your hand, and that means relying upon the passing game 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:35.000 or going to your sub packages with a guy like 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:36.080 Tazie Spears. 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:36.760 The other guys in the game. 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.720 There are weapons on this team that's just capable of 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:42.160 making plays for you, and you love to see Derek 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:44.840 get those reps. But when you're behind or time of 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:48.320 possession becomes a key figure in games. You gotta get 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:49.840 away from twenty two. And I know a lot of 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:52.080 fans don't want to see that be the case, because 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:54.520 there it gets better over time. But when you're pressed 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:56.560 against the clock. These are the results of it. 0:13:57.120 --> 0:13:59.840 Ramon, You're right, because you score gets separated in this 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.280 and you have to go away from what is normally 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:05.760 the usual hand that touches the ball. I mean, look 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:08.400 at the time of possession difference in London. I mean 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:11.080 the the Ravens added thirty five forty two to the 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:15.040 Titans twenty four to eighteen. And when things get out 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:16.839 of hand like that, you have to go to a 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:20.800 different option. Well, it comes down to third down conversions. 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:26.000 The Titans' only third down conversion came fifty eight minutes 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:29.840 into the game. It was on the Taje. Spears quick 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:32.560 screen that went for forty eight yards. That was a 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:35.400 third and seven play. Up until then, they were zero 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:39.160 of eight on third downs. The Ravens finish eight of sixteen, 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:42.360 largely because they stayed on the field. 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:44.840 You got it right, Rhett. The difference in time of 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:48.440 possession was eleven minutes and twenty four seconds. The number 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:53.200 of plays seventy for the Ravens offense, forty six for 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:54.360 the Titans. 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:57.720 Third down mattters a lot. It's the continuation of plays, 0:14:57.760 --> 0:14:58.640 it's the flow. 0:14:58.400 --> 0:14:58.920 Of the game. 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:01.800 If you have no rhyme or reason to what works 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:04.680 for your offense. It confuses you. It's frustration and you 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:07.160 could see that in this team on game day a 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:11.080 little bit too. The ability to work a team down. Honestly, 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:14.560 the way Baltimore Ravens did this defense is past weekend 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:17.200 is what you look for out of a team. Seventy 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:20.080 plays is actually above the average. Most teams average about 0:15:20.120 --> 0:15:24.520 sixty two plays a game. And for your offense to 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:28.040 only have forty six plays offensively, that means no rhyme 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.440 or reason. That means turnovers, that means negative plays. That's 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:34.040 nothing goods coming out of that. Because again, if you're 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:36.840 twenty off, well almost twenty plays off of what the 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:40.480 average is in the NFL, that's a frustrating day. 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:43.960 There's no way to run Dereck Henry twenty five times 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:46.320 if you only are getting forty six plays. 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:47.600 Think about what we're saying right here. 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:51.640 And yes, Derek did have the big explosion play, right, 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:53.760 but think about where that play came from. That came 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:55.880 with Derek ben on the field with Taj. That also 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:58.640 came with a fake jet sweep to Taj where Derek 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:00.520 kept the ball and hit the side. I know I 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:04.040 was just saying, just do that. You can't play offense 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:06.320 in the NFL with the King Kat. 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:08.000 You have to get to where your. 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:10.640 Quarterback, your offensive line, your wide receivers, your tight ends, 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:13.160 your running backs all move the changs. This says a 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:16.080 team effort when it breaks down, and that's what's most frustrating. 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:17.520 You leave out of the game. 0:16:17.560 --> 0:16:19.400 You kind of say yourself, what more can we have done? 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:21.440 And the simpol as of Mike is what you just said. 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:22.760 Convert on third downs? 0:16:22.840 --> 0:16:27.040 Right, you want to hear a strange stat. Here's a 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:31.240 strange stat. Opponents are converting forty one percent of their 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:34.320 third downs against the Titans, which isn't really that bad, 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:39.560 but they're largely doing it because they are completing nearly 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:45.800 seventy two percent of their passes against the Titans defense. Now, 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:50.120 I mean, that's a strong mark any time, but that's 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:53.720 well above the league average. The Titans are converting just 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:58.160 thirty four percent of their third downs, and their quarterbacks 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:02.200 or their passers whomever it might be, completing just sixty 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:05.840 two percent of their passes, which is below the league average. 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:10.879 So nearly it's really about a nine percent difference in 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:15.840 completion rate. Which keeps the clock running, keeps the chains moving. 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:18.879 It's a little fact that you don't look at, but 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:20.600 when I saw it, it blew me away. 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:25.800 Ratt and it makes sense as to why just in 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:30.680 yesterday's game in London that you had seventy offensive plays 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:33.480 by the Ravens and only forty six to the Titans 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:36.359 in this because they were able to keep those long 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:38.879 sustained drives, which is exactly what the Titans were trying 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:42.399 to do against that Baltimore Ravens defense, and unfortunately there 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:43.600 were three and outs involved. 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:48.720 It was and Mike, that's so fascinating hearing that so too. 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:51.040 But here's the thing about it. You're dealing with. 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:55.520 Sometimes Jimmy's and Joel's, mattter a little bit more too. 0:17:55.560 --> 0:17:58.400 You've been without Tier Tar, you got some young guys 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:00.720 coming into Jalil Johnson play well, Na kwon. 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:01.960 A plays last week. 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:04.400 We're looking at all these things that are going into 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:07.240 the defensive side of the ball too, and of course 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:08.760 you got to look at the guys that are either 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:12.000 new or coming back from injury. Harold Landry still finding 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:14.239 his footing is a big play in that. I look 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:16.880 at also Ard and Key, the plays that he has 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:20.000 to make moving forward. And what's expected of this defense. 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:22.560 If you got one guy that's getting double team and 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:25.480 Big Jeff gets his fair share, the other guys got. 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:25.760 To get home. 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:28.240 The linebackers have to make their plays in open space too, 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:31.560 And it's one way to get to the quarterback. I 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:34.120 mean to affect an offense. Let's get to the quarterback 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:36.439 that's not happening at the rate that you love to 0:18:36.440 --> 0:18:39.120 see from your defense. And this defense has always been 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:41.280 one of those types of teams that drags you to 0:18:41.320 --> 0:18:43.480 the deep end and they're not capable of doing that 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:46.000 right now. And I think in person starts with a 0:18:46.040 --> 0:18:49.440 little bit of personnel with what's happening defensively for this team. 0:18:49.720 --> 0:18:52.160 Get guys healthy, make your plays when they come your way. 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:56.480 It's not happening, And it goes a layer deeper in 0:18:56.520 --> 0:19:00.320 the Ravens game because what has been a strong in 0:19:00.800 --> 0:19:04.600 your special teams part had some big plays in sudden change. 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:07.560 You had one with a muffed punt by Kyle Phillips 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:09.119 on the one yard line that ends up being a 0:19:09.960 --> 0:19:12.520 field goal in that and then you'll allow a seventy 0:19:12.600 --> 0:19:15.159 yard return by Devin DuVernay. 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:19.720 You've hit it perfectly. Special teams produced a literal six 0:19:19.760 --> 0:19:24.359 point advantage for Baltimore. Duverna's seventy yard punt return produced 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:27.360 a field goal. By the way, great job by Stonehouse 0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:32.359 to get him out of bounds and his GPS he 0:19:32.480 --> 0:19:37.240 tracked at like nineteen point eight four minus Ryan Stonehouse. 0:19:37.359 --> 0:19:42.200 Stone House Wow tracked crazy in terms of running DuVernay 0:19:42.320 --> 0:19:44.879 down and getting him out of bounds. Well, that produced 0:19:44.880 --> 0:19:48.480 a field goal, and then Kyle Phillips muffed punt produced 0:19:48.520 --> 0:19:50.399 three more points right at the end of the half. 0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:54.560 Six points that the Ravens got just in the punting game. 0:19:55.280 --> 0:19:57.280 You know what's fascinating about that, Michael is Well, we 0:19:57.359 --> 0:19:59.640 talked about the defense a second ago. 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:01.920 The defense is still playing well enough. 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:05.280 Just you gotta get assistance from those either special teams 0:20:05.359 --> 0:20:07.119 or the offensive side of the ball. I know a 0:20:07.160 --> 0:20:09.600 lot of people are thinking, man, you're supposed to just 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:11.920 let that ball drop while we're trying to catch it. Well, 0:20:11.960 --> 0:20:14.960 his job is to feel punts. How Hell's is right. 0:20:15.400 --> 0:20:18.200 It's unfortunate that it happened three points out of that. Okay, 0:20:18.240 --> 0:20:19.880 we'll live with that. But of course, the ever by 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:22.439 Ron Stonehouse and the efforts of that defense after that 0:20:22.480 --> 0:20:25.639 big return speaks a lot about what they're capable of doing. 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:28.199 But when you put yourself in bad situations like that, 0:20:28.240 --> 0:20:30.960 whether that be from the special teams or whether that 0:20:31.040 --> 0:20:33.960 be from turnovers, that makes a long day at the office. 0:20:34.000 --> 0:20:38.119 And it just, honestly, Mike, seventy plays grinds you down 0:20:38.280 --> 0:20:39.280 when it's your job. 0:20:39.119 --> 0:20:39.919 To stop people. 0:20:40.160 --> 0:20:42.440 And if you're not stopping people, or you're stopping people 0:20:42.480 --> 0:20:44.880 to a point, you will find yourself on the short 0:20:44.960 --> 0:20:45.520 end of the stick. 0:20:45.600 --> 0:20:45.760 Well. 0:20:45.760 --> 0:20:48.640 And then you have the physical fatigue of Baltimore, which 0:20:48.680 --> 0:20:50.359 is on both sides of the ball, and then the 0:20:50.400 --> 0:20:54.000 mental fatigue of having to play Lamar Jackson, which means 0:20:54.040 --> 0:20:58.120 you have to be on your toes every second of 0:20:58.160 --> 0:21:00.560 the day. You know you're gonna give up some yards 0:21:00.560 --> 0:21:03.160 against him. You know you're gonna give up some plays, 0:21:03.840 --> 0:21:07.040 and I mean, you're not holding them to one hundred yards. 0:21:07.080 --> 0:21:09.800 And that's the way it is. You're you're having to 0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:13.160 manage this guy and not let him make the big play. 0:21:13.280 --> 0:21:15.320 And what was good I thought was in that tight 0:21:15.400 --> 0:21:17.480 red zone area except for the scrambled play. Does you 0:21:17.520 --> 0:21:21.240 speak of the anxiety of going against Lamar Jackson that 0:21:21.320 --> 0:21:24.359 scramble plates is they Flowers, Well, stop dead in this 0:21:24.440 --> 0:21:26.639 track until you keep I mean, Zay Flowers, a four 0:21:26.680 --> 0:21:28.959 to three guy. You know you're gonna lose them if 0:21:28.960 --> 0:21:31.840 you're trying to watch Lamar be dynamic. Also, but if 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:34.840 that was your only touchdown giving up again, there's something 0:21:34.840 --> 0:21:37.320 to build on. But it's a matter of having everybody 0:21:37.320 --> 0:21:38.760 on the same page. And I think that's why you 0:21:38.800 --> 0:21:42.000 hear some frustration from the fan base, coaches, and even players. 0:21:42.000 --> 0:21:44.840 Now, Mike Well, I mean the defense is not playing badly. 0:21:45.080 --> 0:21:48.320 No, And I'm so glad you pivoted to this because 0:21:48.960 --> 0:21:51.119 I'm looking at the explosive plays. You know, they give 0:21:51.160 --> 0:21:53.800 the ten longest plays for each team, and the four 0:21:53.840 --> 0:21:59.040 explosive plays they were all passes from Lamar Jackson to 0:21:59.119 --> 0:22:04.640 his receivers, including tight ends. No scores on those immediate plays, right, 0:22:05.040 --> 0:22:07.480 you didn't. Now they resulted in some But the other 0:22:07.520 --> 0:22:10.680 part is justin Tucker had six field goals in this 0:22:10.920 --> 0:22:12.680 There weren't six touchdowns. 0:22:12.880 --> 0:22:15.560 There were six field goals. Well, here's what the defense 0:22:16.359 --> 0:22:19.960 is doing so far. The Titans six opponents are averaging 0:22:20.040 --> 0:22:23.399 three hundred thirty nine yards per game. One hundred and 0:22:23.400 --> 0:22:26.200 two rushing, two hundred and eighty seven or two hundred 0:22:26.240 --> 0:22:31.480 thirty seven passing. Titans opponents have nine touchdowns in six games, 0:22:32.200 --> 0:22:37.760 eighteen field goals. They're averaging nineteen point five per game. So, 0:22:37.880 --> 0:22:41.320 by no means is the defense playing poorly. I mean, 0:22:41.359 --> 0:22:44.280 you can't say that. The Titans, on the other hand, 0:22:44.359 --> 0:22:46.679 are averaging two hundred and eighty four yards of total 0:22:46.680 --> 0:22:52.160 offense one ten rushing, one seventy three passing. Obviously there's 0:22:52.200 --> 0:22:54.920 some rounding in there. I know, I know one ten 0:22:54.960 --> 0:22:57.240 and one seventy three don't add up to two eighty four, 0:22:57.280 --> 0:23:01.040 but there's rounding. The Titans have scored eight touchdowns and 0:23:01.119 --> 0:23:05.880 have sixteen field goals. They're averaging seventeen point three per game. 0:23:06.480 --> 0:23:09.760 So not a lot happening to the point where the 0:23:09.800 --> 0:23:11.560 Titans are scoring the way they want to. 0:23:11.640 --> 0:23:12.800 Here's a weird one for you. 0:23:14.119 --> 0:23:20.119 Justin Tucker's block pat was the first non successful kick 0:23:20.800 --> 0:23:23.520 in a Titans game this year for either the Titans 0:23:23.560 --> 0:23:28.760 or the opponents. That was the first time every every 0:23:28.800 --> 0:23:32.359 field goal has been made, every field goal and up 0:23:32.440 --> 0:23:35.320 until then, every extra point has been made by both 0:23:35.359 --> 0:23:37.040 the Titans and their opponents. 0:23:37.480 --> 0:23:38.560 So far this year, so. 0:23:38.880 --> 0:23:41.320 We have we have not called I have not called 0:23:41.320 --> 0:23:45.040 a kick no good on Titans Radio all year. 0:23:45.440 --> 0:23:47.320 I called we Knew that on We Knew That on 0:23:47.440 --> 0:23:49.680 Nick Folk, But I didn't think about the other one. 0:23:50.320 --> 0:23:54.120 That's rights to Mike the begetting to the red zone. 0:23:54.200 --> 0:23:57.320 Well, that and the kicking has been unbelievable in the 0:23:57.440 --> 0:24:00.080 NFL this ye. 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So Titans fans can fan 0:24:28.160 --> 0:24:32.280 Ramon Foster and Ret Brian talking about some of the 0:24:32.920 --> 0:24:36.239 some of the interesting numbers, not so interesting numbers. By 0:24:36.240 --> 0:24:40.480 the way, here's another oddity. Oh, the Titans muffed punt 0:24:40.480 --> 0:24:43.960 by Kyle Phillips on Sunday was their first lost fumble 0:24:44.000 --> 0:24:44.400 of the year. 0:24:45.640 --> 0:24:48.720 How they hadn't lost a fumble to that point for 0:24:48.960 --> 0:24:51.880 all that has gone on, and there has been a lot. 0:24:52.200 --> 0:24:54.480 Yeah, let's just stop that. Let's keep that at one 0:24:54.600 --> 0:24:58.639 and keep moving. Yeah, that's when you think about it 0:24:59.160 --> 0:24:59.440 all e. 0:25:00.800 --> 0:25:05.000 It also shows you to these numbers are very very close, 0:25:05.320 --> 0:25:08.000 and you think to yourself, of all the things you've said, 0:25:08.760 --> 0:25:11.399 you're two and six, but you've had so much goal 0:25:11.520 --> 0:25:14.680 in the wrong direction for you. But it's not all 0:25:14.720 --> 0:25:17.000 best really a game of inches, and it's always a 0:25:17.040 --> 0:25:19.600 small detail that goes into wins and losses in the NFL. 0:25:19.640 --> 0:25:20.920 That's why so hard to win. 0:25:21.240 --> 0:25:23.359 But that's also why you celebrate wins and loss and 0:25:23.400 --> 0:25:25.560 what wins better than losses in this league too, Mike, 0:25:26.160 --> 0:25:28.439 it is wins come at a premium, and it's always 0:25:28.440 --> 0:25:33.200 the smallest detail that gets you to that point of understanding, like, look, 0:25:33.240 --> 0:25:36.359 it's a game of inches, man, And when the guys 0:25:36.359 --> 0:25:40.119 go out there giving their the all to what goes 0:25:40.119 --> 0:25:41.960 into this game and you come up short, it's not 0:25:42.040 --> 0:25:44.760 like they're trying to lose. No, you're not trying to 0:25:44.800 --> 0:25:47.360 lose the ball bounces in there on there. Having one 0:25:47.480 --> 0:25:50.520 second left before the half in London should be a 0:25:50.560 --> 0:25:52.680 telltale sign of what it means to win and lose 0:25:52.720 --> 0:25:53.440 in this league. 0:25:53.640 --> 0:25:59.720 Titans have fifteen quarterback sacks. They have allowed twenty three, 0:26:00.760 --> 0:26:05.000 so the team's sack ratio is minus eight, which is 0:26:05.080 --> 0:26:08.120 not horrendous. It's not great, obviously, but it's not horrendous. 0:26:08.160 --> 0:26:10.200 I mean four of those came in the fourth quarter 0:26:10.240 --> 0:26:14.000 with Malik Willis in the game yesterday trying to rally 0:26:14.040 --> 0:26:16.639 the troops, so you could say that's a little misleading. 0:26:16.800 --> 0:26:20.600 The Titans turnover ratio is only minus two, so I mean, 0:26:20.640 --> 0:26:24.160 that's not awful. That's not end of the world bad. 0:26:24.440 --> 0:26:28.840 The Titans are averaging six penalties per game for fifty yards. 0:26:29.520 --> 0:26:32.920 That's that's not bad. And I mean. 0:26:32.800 --> 0:26:36.040 Maybe some of what we're talking about right here is 0:26:36.040 --> 0:26:40.480 where Rabel is saying we're closer than you think, and 0:26:40.960 --> 0:26:43.240 the ret the whole world doesn't want to hear that 0:26:43.359 --> 0:26:47.240 right now, and I get it. But you usually find 0:26:47.280 --> 0:26:50.280 when you start parsing numbers going into the by, you 0:26:50.359 --> 0:26:54.840 usually find all this damning evidence, and the third down 0:26:54.880 --> 0:26:58.760 stuff is damning, the red zone stuff is damning. But 0:26:58.880 --> 0:27:01.919 the stuff that you usually is out there is not. 0:27:02.960 --> 0:27:05.480 Let me give you just as you're speaking about this, 0:27:05.640 --> 0:27:10.040 I'm looking at the game yesterday with the Ravens seventy 0:27:10.119 --> 0:27:14.439 two tackles on the defensive stat sheet, forty one of 0:27:14.480 --> 0:27:17.200 those came from the second and third level defenders. 0:27:17.240 --> 0:27:18.960 Well, that's the game within the game. 0:27:19.240 --> 0:27:21.320 He tenues to be a prob I mean right now, 0:27:21.400 --> 0:27:24.640 Kevin Byron ten tackles, that's too many for a safety. 0:27:25.119 --> 0:27:28.560 And Amani Hooker had seven, seventeen from your safety. 0:27:28.680 --> 0:27:31.920 Yeah, and then you had Gibbons and al Shier combined 0:27:31.920 --> 0:27:35.240 for twenty four. And the guys up front for the 0:27:35.280 --> 0:27:37.400 second game in a row, did not make a lot 0:27:37.400 --> 0:27:39.840 of plays. Harold Landry did have five. He had two 0:27:39.920 --> 0:27:42.120 tackles for loss in a sack. I think we've talked 0:27:42.119 --> 0:27:45.560 about Harold already, best game he's played all year as 0:27:45.600 --> 0:27:48.159 he comes back from the ACL and if he's rounding 0:27:48.200 --> 0:27:49.600 into shape, that's a big deal. 0:27:49.680 --> 0:27:52.480 The numbers in the front better than it was last week, 0:27:53.359 --> 0:27:56.880 because I'm seeing Jalil Johnson with four, Autrey with four, 0:27:57.280 --> 0:28:00.840 Jeff with two, Kyle Pecko with two. I think it 0:28:00.920 --> 0:28:04.120 was only six tackles up front last week, so doubled 0:28:04.160 --> 0:28:05.280 that output the better. 0:28:05.600 --> 0:28:08.160 And when you look at the scores of these games also, 0:28:08.200 --> 0:28:09.960 and I don't think that's been anything to say, oh, yeah, 0:28:10.040 --> 0:28:12.159 well they were behind and just let them score. The 0:28:12.240 --> 0:28:15.439 one off, you know, set game in this game in 0:28:15.440 --> 0:28:18.680 this season is the Cleveland Cleveland twenty seven through twenty 0:28:18.680 --> 0:28:21.639 four points spread. Right. Everything else has been within a 0:28:21.680 --> 0:28:23.880 score as far as being able to win a state 0:28:23.960 --> 0:28:28.600 in the games in London, I mean, you get that touchdown. 0:28:30.119 --> 0:28:33.840 There were leading scores on the interception return, or Derek 0:28:33.960 --> 0:28:37.360 finishes the runs or Taje finishes the run. 0:28:38.000 --> 0:28:42.000 I mean, let's go to those two special teams plays 0:28:42.000 --> 0:28:45.080 that allowed that allowed for six points there. Let's say 0:28:45.120 --> 0:28:48.400 they don't happen there, and then the Titans come out 0:28:48.400 --> 0:28:50.760 and score, and it's not. 0:28:51.000 --> 0:28:53.520 Well, what you're saying, Ramoni is you're saying, I think, 0:28:53.560 --> 0:28:55.720 and correct me if I'm wrong. In five of the 0:28:55.800 --> 0:28:58.320 six games, the Titans have not been. 0:28:58.360 --> 0:29:01.120 Outclassed, not blown out. 0:29:01.480 --> 0:29:03.880 This isn't like the old teams I used to play 0:29:03.880 --> 0:29:05.280 with the Cleveland Browns, where you just knew he was 0:29:05.280 --> 0:29:07.080 gonna blow them out and everybody just be ready to 0:29:07.080 --> 0:29:10.840 go home immediately after game. It's not that type of down. Okay, 0:29:10.960 --> 0:29:15.440 it's not that type of game. You're fighting in these games, 0:29:15.520 --> 0:29:18.200 and that's why the frustration sets on variable, That's why 0:29:18.200 --> 0:29:20.800 the frustration sets with your team players. You just hear 0:29:20.840 --> 0:29:24.280 if you listen to us postgame, Kevin Byers, speed, you 0:29:24.280 --> 0:29:27.160 hear Big Jeff Speed. You hear these guys try to 0:29:27.240 --> 0:29:30.640 find answers for you, and the answers are You're that 0:29:30.800 --> 0:29:33.800 close but figuring out how to either get a stop, 0:29:34.160 --> 0:29:37.440 score in the red zone, convert on third down. And 0:29:37.480 --> 0:29:39.480 I've been a part of teams where that's been a 0:29:39.520 --> 0:29:42.720 big emphasis. We gotta convert on third down, we gotta 0:29:42.760 --> 0:29:45.000 score in the red zone. And all it boils down to, 0:29:45.160 --> 0:29:50.080 y'all is this reps, training of it, detail of it. 0:29:50.360 --> 0:29:52.640 And that's something that in the course of a game, 0:29:53.320 --> 0:29:55.840 a defender throw you off your route. I mean, it 0:29:55.880 --> 0:29:58.640 could be as simple as that. It could be you know, 0:29:58.680 --> 0:30:01.040 the offensive line picking up a and they were just 0:30:01.160 --> 0:30:04.520 better on you, better than you on those plays. It's 0:30:04.560 --> 0:30:06.720 the flow of the game, but it's also the detail 0:30:06.720 --> 0:30:08.480 of understanding that, Okay, we just got to strip it 0:30:08.520 --> 0:30:11.120 down a little bit and get to get back to zero. 0:30:11.320 --> 0:30:13.840 I'm figuring out how we get past these points. And 0:30:13.880 --> 0:30:16.080 of course you talk about the indie game, not giving 0:30:16.160 --> 0:30:21.080 up the big runs, right in the Saints game, three turnovers, 0:30:21.240 --> 0:30:23.000 playing to play in it, you know, having a play 0:30:23.000 --> 0:30:25.719 and a part in it. We can pinpoint certain things 0:30:25.720 --> 0:30:28.360 and every game except for the Cleveland game that you 0:30:28.400 --> 0:30:30.520 say to yourself, take this away, we win well. 0:30:30.600 --> 0:30:35.000 Of course, now Cleveland has put up numbers defensively through 0:30:35.120 --> 0:30:39.600 five games that have not been seen since nineteen seventy 0:30:39.640 --> 0:30:43.000 one in terms of yards allowed. They're giving up two 0:30:43.080 --> 0:30:48.440 hundred point four yards per game through five games. Only 0:30:48.560 --> 0:30:52.440 two teams in modern NFL history in nineteen seventy and 0:30:52.520 --> 0:30:55.880 nineteen seventy one two teams have done better. So if 0:30:55.960 --> 0:30:59.160 you're having a bad day against Cleveland, they're gonna make 0:30:59.200 --> 0:31:01.360 you pay for it. You know, they did it to 0:31:01.440 --> 0:31:05.600 San Francisco. Rock Purty is no longer the new Tom Brady, 0:31:05.600 --> 0:31:09.280 at least this week, based on a performance against Cleveland, 0:31:09.280 --> 0:31:12.880 So you take that into account. I think another thing 0:31:12.920 --> 0:31:17.040 about third down and red zone that I've noticed over 0:31:17.080 --> 0:31:19.200 the years, and Ramon, you played in the league and 0:31:19.440 --> 0:31:21.560 you've covered the league for a long time, been around teams, 0:31:22.040 --> 0:31:26.200 so you take it first. To me, those are the 0:31:26.280 --> 0:31:32.240 moments like you're taking the final exams. It's the tests. 0:31:33.080 --> 0:31:36.800 It's first down's one thing, second down something else. But 0:31:37.040 --> 0:31:41.000 third down everybody starts to feel it, particularly on the 0:31:41.120 --> 0:31:44.239 road because the crowd's loud. Oh, I've got to make 0:31:44.280 --> 0:31:46.680 sure I stay in my stance properly. The guy on 0:31:46.720 --> 0:31:48.360 the outside. I've got to make sure I run the 0:31:48.440 --> 0:31:50.920 route to the perfect depth. I've got to make sure 0:31:50.960 --> 0:31:54.360 I'm thinking exactly what the quarterback's thinking. Quarterback knows I 0:31:54.400 --> 0:31:57.320 need to throw a good ball. People on blitz pickup 0:31:57.400 --> 0:32:00.560 have to be perfect. Red zone's exactly the same way. 0:32:01.040 --> 0:32:05.360 There is pressure, so when you don't do it well, 0:32:07.000 --> 0:32:11.800 all of the sudden, your confidence is weakened. When you 0:32:12.000 --> 0:32:14.560 do it well, as the Titans have done the last 0:32:14.600 --> 0:32:19.560 four years, even in practice, whatever, there is belief. So 0:32:19.680 --> 0:32:23.720 when people ask Vrabel to me, why are you not 0:32:23.880 --> 0:32:25.520 doing the red zone as well as you did the 0:32:25.560 --> 0:32:28.400 last four years, and he says, well, it's a different year, 0:32:28.440 --> 0:32:32.400 a different team. That's true, but this team hasn't built 0:32:32.440 --> 0:32:36.480 the confidence that they built, and I think it at 0:32:36.520 --> 0:32:37.880 times shows unfortunately. 0:32:37.960 --> 0:32:39.840 And let's take it a step further, because we have 0:32:39.960 --> 0:32:43.840 seen this in every one of the six games that 0:32:43.880 --> 0:32:46.720 they have played so far. Let's say they've done it 0:32:46.800 --> 0:32:49.200 right on first and second down, and so they have 0:32:49.560 --> 0:32:52.480 a third and very manageable third and two let's say, 0:32:52.960 --> 0:32:56.440 and we've had the self inflicted wounds with a penalty 0:32:56.760 --> 0:33:00.160 of off sides or whatever you want to call it, 0:33:00.600 --> 0:33:04.320 that ends up dipping you down low again, going, oh, no, 0:33:04.440 --> 0:33:07.960 we've made a mistake again. You know, another example of 0:33:08.040 --> 0:33:11.600 you can get to a low sure. That's happened so 0:33:11.720 --> 0:33:14.200 many times in this season so far. 0:33:14.400 --> 0:33:17.720 Well, and they had the penalty on the one play 0:33:17.840 --> 0:33:20.760 where Derek had picked up the first down, and then 0:33:20.800 --> 0:33:22.880 they come back and they don't make it, and then 0:33:22.920 --> 0:33:26.800 they punt and Duverne returns the punt seventy yards. And 0:33:26.920 --> 0:33:29.680 so those are the things that show up so big 0:33:30.200 --> 0:33:33.120 when you are continually not executing. 0:33:33.280 --> 0:33:35.200 Talk about the pressure. Part of the pressure. 0:33:35.240 --> 0:33:38.120 Part of it is is that the defense knows what 0:33:38.160 --> 0:33:40.320 you're doing at that point, usually the third down and 0:33:40.400 --> 0:33:42.040 in a rezon here's what a lot of people don't 0:33:42.040 --> 0:33:43.680 speak about to and I know we've heard coach Mack 0:33:43.720 --> 0:33:46.200 bring this up. Also, you get to the red zone, 0:33:46.480 --> 0:33:49.040 the defense gets a twelfth man because you get the 0:33:49.200 --> 0:33:50.920 do you get the end zone, you get the sideline, 0:33:50.960 --> 0:33:53.960 you get all those things. The playbook shrinks because look, 0:33:53.960 --> 0:33:56.280 when it's tight red we can't go yard anymore. We 0:33:56.360 --> 0:33:58.360 got to make sure it's ten to thirteen yards or 0:33:58.400 --> 0:34:00.400 it's five to seven yards on the players we're trying 0:34:00.400 --> 0:34:02.280 to make to get to the red zone. You have 0:34:02.320 --> 0:34:04.240 the systems, like I said, of the back end out 0:34:04.320 --> 0:34:04.960 the end zone. 0:34:05.000 --> 0:34:05.560 You have that. 0:34:05.840 --> 0:34:08.239 You also have the idea that more times than not 0:34:08.320 --> 0:34:10.600 in the red zone you are going to pass it, 0:34:10.680 --> 0:34:13.319 especially in third down, because in the red zone you're 0:34:13.320 --> 0:34:15.319 trying to get as many athletes as you can out there, 0:34:15.400 --> 0:34:17.759 and more times than not that's usually four or five 0:34:17.880 --> 0:34:20.160 pass catchers, so the ability to run the ball is 0:34:20.200 --> 0:34:22.560 usually out, especially if it's third and six. You got 0:34:22.560 --> 0:34:24.560 to talk about the management of it too. And let's 0:34:24.560 --> 0:34:26.759 go specifically here because I felt like we were going 0:34:26.840 --> 0:34:29.759 to see something in London that never actually got there 0:34:29.920 --> 0:34:36.120 one just watching Josh Waally Chris Moore both out. No 0:34:36.239 --> 0:34:40.680 trailing weapons matter if we're trying to convert on third down, 0:34:41.080 --> 0:34:43.880 and it seems like every game there's been somebody out, 0:34:44.080 --> 0:34:47.800 somebody you know can cuss, somebody have an ankle, somebody. 0:34:47.520 --> 0:34:50.400 You lose and you lose the ability to make place. 0:34:50.640 --> 0:34:52.560 So if we get to the shorter part of the 0:34:52.560 --> 0:34:56.280 field and I play book shrinks, but then our personnel shrink. 0:34:57.280 --> 0:34:59.440 That's a hard day at the office. Good point, it 0:34:59.480 --> 0:35:02.120 really is. And when you look at okay, all right, 0:35:02.440 --> 0:35:07.319 we on our morning showy Heyler, will a. 0:35:07.239 --> 0:35:13.120 Lot of people just saying will check us out. 0:35:14.640 --> 0:35:16.719 You have a lot of people that say, use Derek 0:35:16.760 --> 0:35:19.080 in this situation. But here's the thing. You line Derek 0:35:19.120 --> 0:35:21.600 in and backfield and you decide to run the ball, 0:35:21.719 --> 0:35:23.200 and teams know you're going to run the ball with 0:35:23.280 --> 0:35:26.239 Derek or they're ready for the screen. It's not a 0:35:26.239 --> 0:35:28.120 player you rule in the run right there, because it's 0:35:28.120 --> 0:35:28.760 not open. 0:35:28.560 --> 0:35:31.200 Field like what happened to Indianapolis. 0:35:31.239 --> 0:35:33.680 Yes, sir, I mean, let's speak about the reality of 0:35:33.719 --> 0:35:36.640 what you're asking to be. Why why you're not successful 0:35:36.680 --> 0:35:38.520 or need to be successful in the red zone. It's 0:35:38.520 --> 0:35:41.759 because of those things. You either lost players, got penalties, 0:35:42.080 --> 0:35:44.319 or you find yourself third and loan. 0:35:44.719 --> 0:35:46.879 And that's a hard sledding, especially. 0:35:46.600 --> 0:35:50.720 When you're down trailing. You're down Chris More, you're down 0:35:51.600 --> 0:35:55.120 n w I Wiley, Wiley, Josh Whally. When I saw 0:35:55.200 --> 0:35:57.920 Josh Wiley catched that ball down the scene, I was 0:35:57.920 --> 0:36:00.400 thinking to myself, all, here we go, here's the here's 0:36:00.480 --> 0:36:03.320 the weapon we've been looking for, because you got a 0:36:03.360 --> 0:36:05.439 big target that's not afraid to go down the field. 0:36:05.440 --> 0:36:07.520 And it's unfortunate that he was knocked out of that game. 0:36:08.080 --> 0:36:10.560 And it's unfortunate that Chris Moore was both in the 0:36:10.600 --> 0:36:13.440 red zone both red zone moments well. 0:36:13.800 --> 0:36:19.320 And the bottom line two with Josh Josh Wiley is growing. 0:36:20.040 --> 0:36:25.120 When you see Mark Andrews yesterday. I'm not saying that 0:36:25.239 --> 0:36:28.120 Josh Wiley is going to be Mark Andrews, but your 0:36:28.239 --> 0:36:32.080 dream would be that he could grow into something like that. 0:36:32.280 --> 0:36:35.319 When you see his catch radius, when you I mean 0:36:35.920 --> 0:36:38.120 he's he's shown up. I mean he made a great 0:36:38.160 --> 0:36:40.520 catch even at the end of the Indianapolis game to 0:36:40.600 --> 0:36:44.520 keep a drive alive. Quarterbacks like to throw to him 0:36:44.520 --> 0:36:49.080 because he's six seven and he's long, and he's Wiley 0:36:49.360 --> 0:36:52.680 pardon the punt in terms of what he can do, 0:36:52.960 --> 0:36:56.120 and he's figured it out. You know, two months ago 0:36:56.520 --> 0:36:58.560 he was the guy going, now, what is it, dude 0:36:58.680 --> 0:37:02.480 that I do? And even a month ago he was. 0:37:02.760 --> 0:37:05.080 But you see the lights start to come on with guys. 0:37:05.200 --> 0:37:08.080 This is what happens, and people are like, well, why 0:37:08.120 --> 0:37:11.040 were we not playing him early? Well, he probably didn't 0:37:11.080 --> 0:37:14.840 know the plays, or he was having to think about 0:37:14.880 --> 0:37:18.120 it so much. He was either making mistakes or he 0:37:18.200 --> 0:37:22.720 wasn't playing quickly enough. Suddenly a guy like Josh Wily, 0:37:22.840 --> 0:37:25.600 the light comes on and you go, yes, he's going 0:37:25.640 --> 0:37:28.680 to help our football team, and I think he is. 0:37:28.920 --> 0:37:32.640 I like this player. I like to pick ret No's. 0:37:32.680 --> 0:37:34.960 It was a great year for tight ends. He was 0:37:35.239 --> 0:37:41.080 a unbelievable value in round five. And I hope he's 0:37:41.080 --> 0:37:43.040 not out long because I think he's going to. 0:37:43.040 --> 0:37:43.920 Help this team. 0:37:44.160 --> 0:37:46.800 Here's the other thing about Josh Whillly we haven't discovered 0:37:46.800 --> 0:37:50.800 as we're talking about him growing literally physically growing. Here's 0:37:50.800 --> 0:37:53.960 a guy that is getting with Frank Rhino in this 0:37:54.160 --> 0:37:56.799 strength and conditioning staff. He has a chance to grow 0:37:56.880 --> 0:37:59.440 into his body with a little more bulk too, and 0:37:59.480 --> 0:38:01.879 that's gonna right. So, I mean, we haven't even talked 0:38:01.880 --> 0:38:04.640 about that part when he gets an NFL body on him, 0:38:04.880 --> 0:38:09.040 and then the brain part continues to grow as he 0:38:09.120 --> 0:38:11.040 is learning the playbook and knows what to do. 0:38:11.480 --> 0:38:13.080 That's where it really becomes dangerous. 0:38:13.080 --> 0:38:15.719 Well, and where they had faith in him Ramon is 0:38:15.760 --> 0:38:18.680 he would stick his nose in even when he didn't 0:38:18.719 --> 0:38:21.719 know what he was doing. He was not afraid to 0:38:21.719 --> 0:38:24.960 stick his nose in there. And what a player at 0:38:25.000 --> 0:38:27.960 any level. Yeah, if you've played football at any level, 0:38:28.000 --> 0:38:30.719 you've heard this. If a guy's willing to stick his 0:38:30.800 --> 0:38:34.040 nose in there, it will happen for him at some point. 0:38:34.320 --> 0:38:38.440 And Josh was not afraid. Maybe confused, maybe didn't know everything, 0:38:38.480 --> 0:38:41.320 maybe because he was a rookie. This is the ninety 0:38:41.400 --> 0:38:44.960 nine percent of the time rookie thing that happens. But 0:38:45.120 --> 0:38:47.480 if that guy's willing to stick his nose in there, 0:38:47.600 --> 0:38:48.680 he'll grow into something. 0:38:48.719 --> 0:38:52.200 What you're saying is effort is a talent thing, that's 0:38:52.239 --> 0:38:52.800 something that's. 0:38:52.680 --> 0:38:55.440 In you, and physicality and he has both of those things. 0:38:55.520 --> 0:38:56.160 Yes he does. 0:38:56.239 --> 0:38:59.200 Man And again the charges game, I think he went 0:38:59.200 --> 0:39:01.640 out with an ankle. Okay, and then this game, I 0:39:01.680 --> 0:39:03.760 don't think. I don't want people to ever think like, Okay, 0:39:03.760 --> 0:39:05.759 well you know he's injury prone type of thing. No, 0:39:05.880 --> 0:39:07.760 that was a hit that he took, he got sandwiched, 0:39:07.760 --> 0:39:10.920 and then Pole drive by Kyle Hamilton in London. Okay, 0:39:11.360 --> 0:39:13.360 not many him come back from that, and he tried 0:39:13.400 --> 0:39:14.960 to get up all those things. You saw the TV 0:39:15.000 --> 0:39:17.479 graphics of everything that was available to him. But again, 0:39:17.480 --> 0:39:19.600 when we speak about how this team has lost in 0:39:20.200 --> 0:39:22.759 you know, the woes of third down, the woes of 0:39:22.800 --> 0:39:25.160 the red zone, the woes of trying to get this 0:39:25.239 --> 0:39:27.120 run game established, and the course, there was a change 0:39:27.160 --> 0:39:29.120 at left tackle yesday that happened to and I think 0:39:29.120 --> 0:39:33.520 we all saw immediate responses out of that. Also, the 0:39:33.560 --> 0:39:37.319 season is always a puzzle. Certain pieces gotta fit and 0:39:37.360 --> 0:39:40.040 you try to figure certain things out. It's not like 0:39:40.080 --> 0:39:43.440 this team is just bad or been bad losses. But 0:39:43.520 --> 0:39:46.160 it's not a bad team. There's answers to the questions 0:39:46.200 --> 0:39:49.240 that you have. It's a matter of of course, detail 0:39:49.400 --> 0:39:54.120 always the ball bouncing your way sometimes. I know Kyle 0:39:54.120 --> 0:39:56.840 Fellers would love to have that back. One second, y'all, 0:39:57.160 --> 0:39:59.560 we're talking about one second, and I think they had 0:39:59.560 --> 0:40:01.160 to look at the clock to make sure that the 0:40:01.200 --> 0:40:02.120 ball was down. 0:40:02.680 --> 0:40:04.400 Those types of things come again. 0:40:04.880 --> 0:40:07.480 I've always had the model you want to be on 0:40:07.960 --> 0:40:11.120 an airplane ride up, not a roller coaster. If you're 0:40:11.280 --> 0:40:13.439 sending at all times, even with a couple dips because 0:40:13.440 --> 0:40:15.400 there's turbulence on the airplanes. Right, there's a little bit 0:40:15.440 --> 0:40:17.680 of a dip there. But as long as you're ascending, 0:40:18.320 --> 0:40:20.520 you got something. This team can fight out of this. Again, 0:40:20.640 --> 0:40:24.359 only one divisional game so far, and that team's gonna 0:40:24.360 --> 0:40:25.880 have to fight out of a hole itself with the 0:40:25.920 --> 0:40:28.360 coach that is, you got an opportunity to go to 0:40:28.400 --> 0:40:31.960 a quarterback, play a quarterback soon enough. And Trevor Lawrence 0:40:32.000 --> 0:40:34.360 has had his ups and downs also, and a rookie 0:40:34.360 --> 0:40:34.880 in Houston. 0:40:35.520 --> 0:40:37.959 All you need is to win your division. That's the goal. 0:40:38.000 --> 0:40:40.440 Win your division, get the shirts, get the hat, and 0:40:40.480 --> 0:40:41.800 punch your ticket to the playoffs. 0:40:43.040 --> 0:40:47.160 Here's another one, so I'll end it with this. The 0:40:47.200 --> 0:40:51.239 only Titans this season to catch touchdown passes are can 0:40:51.280 --> 0:40:52.960 you name them? 0:40:53.239 --> 0:40:58.400 Josh Wiler. Josh Wiley is one trailer gets to the 0:40:58.480 --> 0:41:01.080 end zone. Sure, no hop. 0:41:00.880 --> 0:41:04.840 Haden got hop hadn't gotten it either, Nick Westbrook Akine 0:41:04.920 --> 0:41:09.120 has two. That's got to change, right. You gotta get 0:41:09.120 --> 0:41:12.080 Hopkins in the you gotta and you're gonna get Burke's back, 0:41:12.760 --> 0:41:15.840 which is exciting, and I mean, who knows and a 0:41:15.880 --> 0:41:20.480 cockwo you know Chick has has factored in the offense, 0:41:20.560 --> 0:41:22.359 but has they tried to hit him on a couple 0:41:22.440 --> 0:41:25.680 of big plays in the game in London Almost there, 0:41:25.960 --> 0:41:30.520 almost there twice, you know, I don't know. Here's another one. 0:41:30.640 --> 0:41:30.879 Okay. 0:41:30.960 --> 0:41:36.000 So the Titans have five takeaways this season. Travis Gibson 0:41:36.040 --> 0:41:41.640 had a strip sack against Cincinnati. Two players have the 0:41:41.760 --> 0:41:44.560 other two. They have two we or have the other four. 0:41:44.640 --> 0:41:48.799 I should say so. Sean Murphy Bunting has a stripsack 0:41:48.880 --> 0:41:52.520 at Cleveland and an interception against the Ravens, had a 0:41:52.600 --> 0:41:56.880 Mani Hooker had an interception and a forced fumble and 0:41:56.960 --> 0:42:01.040 a recovered fumble in the season opener. So only three Titans. 0:42:01.080 --> 0:42:05.239 Only two Titans have cut touchdown passes. Only three Titans 0:42:05.560 --> 0:42:06.920 have forced turnovers so. 0:42:06.960 --> 0:42:10.240 Far this year. And those I mean that has to change, 0:42:10.320 --> 0:42:11.160 right it does. 0:42:11.440 --> 0:42:14.920 I mean just the law of averages you're saying, my goodness, 0:42:15.640 --> 0:42:19.640 it speaks to level of big playability and guys making 0:42:19.719 --> 0:42:22.840 things happen. Yes, got to step that up, especially the 0:42:22.840 --> 0:42:26.879 guys who are getting paid. And then the other part 0:42:26.920 --> 0:42:29.240 of it, too is just it happens. 0:42:29.280 --> 0:42:31.799 It happens, it does, and nobody wants to hit add 0:42:31.800 --> 0:42:33.960 E skins, So absolutely. 0:42:33.440 --> 0:42:34.000 Not get it. 0:42:34.040 --> 0:42:35.960 If I'm listening to the OTP right now, I know 0:42:36.040 --> 0:42:38.040 I don't want to hear it. But if you've done 0:42:38.080 --> 0:42:40.040 it long enough and been around it long enough, you 0:42:40.239 --> 0:42:41.640 understand it will happen. 0:42:41.800 --> 0:42:44.239 It does eventually, the nutcrack as far as what you 0:42:44.719 --> 0:42:46.359 and starts off if everybody's right minded. 0:42:46.440 --> 0:42:47.120 So here's the thing. 0:42:47.160 --> 0:42:49.480 So we're going onto this bye week, right, guys, and 0:42:49.520 --> 0:42:52.880 everything has the opportunity to fester a little bit mm hmm, right. 0:42:53.000 --> 0:42:54.479 And that's what you have to fight off. 0:42:55.080 --> 0:42:58.320 You have to have the understanding that, look, hopefully Tannehill 0:42:58.360 --> 0:43:00.799 can get back health and if not, the young guys 0:43:00.800 --> 0:43:04.040 need to be ready if there is a change at 0:43:04.200 --> 0:43:06.879 on the offensive line, figure out how you guys gonna 0:43:06.880 --> 0:43:09.680 work and messing jail together. And here's the other thing too, 0:43:09.800 --> 0:43:12.600 because we all heard the audio of Big Jeff Jeffrey 0:43:12.600 --> 0:43:15.520 Simmons kind of challenging this teammates, whether that was the 0:43:15.560 --> 0:43:16.480 offensive side of the. 0:43:16.400 --> 0:43:17.640 Ball also included in that. 0:43:17.920 --> 0:43:20.040 I think that has to be the case too, because 0:43:20.040 --> 0:43:23.160 if you're only you know, having forty plus plays in 0:43:23.200 --> 0:43:25.640 a game, forty is play less than fifty plays in 0:43:25.680 --> 0:43:29.359 a game. A portion of you feel that the other 0:43:29.440 --> 0:43:31.239 side of the ball feels that the offense needs to 0:43:31.239 --> 0:43:35.480 feel that pressure a little bit. Also, everybody has to 0:43:35.480 --> 0:43:38.000 put their hand in a pile. In weeks like this, 0:43:38.200 --> 0:43:41.600 there can't be any separation, there can be any fragments. 0:43:41.719 --> 0:43:44.560 When it comes down to this team, you're in a hole, 0:43:45.000 --> 0:43:47.960 the fox hole with each other. Either you gonna come together. 0:43:48.360 --> 0:43:51.640 Keep the outside chatter at a minimum. Understand that. And 0:43:51.800 --> 0:43:53.759 I hate to even use this because you know how 0:43:53.800 --> 0:43:55.640 I feel about the same. But the Patriots just do 0:43:55.760 --> 0:43:59.600 your job. Verbel said those types of things. Everybody has 0:43:59.640 --> 0:44:02.840 to do their job. Don't try to don't screw me 0:44:02.880 --> 0:44:04.520 over trying to go. Make a play for yourself. 0:44:05.360 --> 0:44:06.160 Make your play. 0:44:06.360 --> 0:44:08.319 If it accounts with just five yards on the catch, 0:44:08.400 --> 0:44:10.600 take your five and get down. If it's you holding 0:44:10.600 --> 0:44:13.600 the offensive lineman so that the defensive linebacker can make 0:44:13.600 --> 0:44:17.040 a play, do that. I don't care about your stat line. 0:44:17.440 --> 0:44:19.840 We need to win as a team and that's what 0:44:19.960 --> 0:44:22.160 I feel like. Big Jeff's sentiment was after the game 0:44:22.200 --> 0:44:24.440 in London, I need people to do their jobs so 0:44:24.480 --> 0:44:25.200 we can all eat. 0:44:25.760 --> 0:44:28.360 That's always the Lion pack eats together. 0:44:30.239 --> 0:44:33.239 And the only thing I'll follow that up with is 0:44:33.840 --> 0:44:36.399 like Rabel, teams are usually pretty good after the bye week. 0:44:36.440 --> 0:44:40.719 They are so to that. But I can't follow it 0:44:40.800 --> 0:44:42.640 up with much else. I thought you were just gonna 0:44:42.680 --> 0:44:46.080 go amen. I mean, yeah, let's pass the offering, play right, 0:44:48.320 --> 0:44:49.840 first three stanzards of justice. 0:44:49.880 --> 0:44:53.160 I am yes, I wouldn't try to golf there, but 0:44:53.280 --> 0:44:56.880 I promise you the passion of this game because we're 0:44:56.920 --> 0:45:00.279 close to these guys. Sure, we see their faces, we 0:45:00.360 --> 0:45:03.440 see their reactions, we hear them being in a locker room. 0:45:03.560 --> 0:45:05.600 This is not a bad football team. It ain't. 0:45:06.080 --> 0:45:08.839 It's not a it's a team that's not playing well 0:45:08.920 --> 0:45:11.400 right now, but it's not a bad football team. And 0:45:11.400 --> 0:45:12.400 they're two different things. 0:45:12.400 --> 0:45:13.600 They are very much so. 0:45:13.880 --> 0:45:16.880 And you know, you see teams stink it up, and 0:45:16.920 --> 0:45:19.400 we saw a few over a period of time, and 0:45:19.520 --> 0:45:22.120 we didn't go to the playoffs two win team and 0:45:22.160 --> 0:45:24.600 a three win team and a six win team in 0:45:24.640 --> 0:45:27.600 twenty twelve that might have been worse than the two 0:45:27.640 --> 0:45:28.280 other teams. 0:45:28.360 --> 0:45:30.240 And there was a laundry list of things that needed 0:45:30.239 --> 0:45:33.760 to be it's a much shorter list what we're talking about. 0:45:33.840 --> 0:45:37.520 Yeah, this can be fixed. And the schedule puts you 0:45:37.560 --> 0:45:39.640 in a position if you take care of your business, 0:45:40.120 --> 0:45:43.400 you can get back in it. But it's aiming towards Atlanta. 0:45:43.560 --> 0:45:46.240 I mean, you've got you've got to go get that game, 0:45:47.080 --> 0:45:50.600 certainly to have that momentum going into Pittsburgh on Thursday night. 0:45:50.719 --> 0:45:54.520 And here's the thing too, there's a lot of opportunity 0:45:54.560 --> 0:45:57.360 in this if you were looking for, if Malik was 0:45:57.360 --> 0:46:00.160 looking for it, Will Levice y'all was looking for for, 0:46:00.719 --> 0:46:03.760 if Taj was in search for NPF being back into 0:46:03.800 --> 0:46:09.480 the conversation trailing, I mean, honestly, I know injuries are 0:46:09.480 --> 0:46:11.719 a big part of it, but let's figure out a 0:46:11.760 --> 0:46:13.640 way to stick with it. That group of five or 0:46:13.680 --> 0:46:16.480 six dues of youth that I've mentioned right there, we've 0:46:16.520 --> 0:46:18.200 all talked about separately too. 0:46:18.880 --> 0:46:22.680 Now is your opportunity, Sure, run with it. You got 0:46:22.719 --> 0:46:23.240 a game. 0:46:23.080 --> 0:46:25.680 Against a former offensive coordinator here and author Smith coming 0:46:25.719 --> 0:46:26.760 into town, a home. 0:46:26.560 --> 0:46:28.680 Game where you're wearing the Oilers uniform. 0:46:28.680 --> 0:46:30.719 Come on, man, and then you got to go on 0:46:30.719 --> 0:46:33.600 the road to Thursday night football. You can bang bang 0:46:33.680 --> 0:46:37.480 this thing and get right and honestly put a put 0:46:37.520 --> 0:46:39.879 a stake in a roll, you know, on what you're 0:46:39.920 --> 0:46:41.279 trying to be as a group. 0:46:41.040 --> 0:46:45.240 And I say that younger group because they have a lot. 0:46:45.080 --> 0:46:48.560 Of optimism and there's opportunity there for those dudes that 0:46:48.600 --> 0:46:51.480 I mentioned run with it this week, especially coming out 0:46:51.520 --> 0:46:53.200 of a buy carpe DM. 0:46:53.800 --> 0:46:55.719 Okay, So the question I will ask you about the 0:46:55.760 --> 0:47:00.759 Oilers uniforms. If Ramone Fosters playing for the Titans and 0:47:00.800 --> 0:47:03.520 he's getting to wear the Oiler uniforms and he's wearing 0:47:03.520 --> 0:47:06.880 big seventy eight and he's looking all clean, what color 0:47:06.920 --> 0:47:07.759 shoes do you wear? 0:47:07.880 --> 0:47:11.080 I'm wearing white white. I'm doing white white. Yes, I 0:47:11.080 --> 0:47:13.840 gotta go white with the white socks. Oh my gosh, 0:47:14.080 --> 0:47:19.320 seriously give me white socks, white white, white, white shoes. 0:47:19.600 --> 0:47:24.600 They white shoes, Yeah, yeah, but I think I would 0:47:24.640 --> 0:47:26.040 have to wear red shoes. 0:47:26.239 --> 0:47:31.000 With the red face mask and red gloves. Details details. 0:47:31.280 --> 0:47:32.920 It makes a puff, I know. I tell you what 0:47:32.920 --> 0:47:37.440 else some guys have got. They have powder blue shoes, 0:47:38.120 --> 0:47:39.080 powder blue cleats. 0:47:40.320 --> 0:47:43.280 You know the reason I said white, Mike, It's because 0:47:43.280 --> 0:47:46.000 as an offensive line, we don't get much anyway to 0:47:46.040 --> 0:47:49.000 wear black shoes. White shoes, man, that's all they give us. 0:47:49.360 --> 0:47:52.359 Black shoes are pretty sweet, though they are, But when 0:47:52.400 --> 0:47:55.120 you got a light colored jersey, but with that face 0:47:55.200 --> 0:47:59.480 with the red faces. That's the biggest thing. It's what 0:47:59.600 --> 0:47:59.920 I want. 0:48:00.160 --> 0:48:04.160 It's it's why I said on the OTP when she 0:48:04.320 --> 0:48:09.160 started talking about this, I said, please please wear the 0:48:09.280 --> 0:48:11.960 version of the oilers uniforms that we wore as the 0:48:12.000 --> 0:48:15.800 Tennessee Oilers, and it was the eighty one through ninety 0:48:15.800 --> 0:48:19.600 eight version. It was the last sixteen years of the 0:48:19.640 --> 0:48:22.640 Houston Oilers and the first two years the team was 0:48:22.680 --> 0:48:25.719 in Tennessee where they were the Tennessee Oilers. Because I 0:48:25.760 --> 0:48:29.239 think the helmet's the sharpest. I think the outline is 0:48:29.280 --> 0:48:33.520 the sharpest. I understand that the nineteen sixty look as 0:48:33.560 --> 0:48:39.040 the original, you know, didn't. It wasn't my favorite. No, 0:48:39.200 --> 0:48:41.440 this is run and shoot, this is run and shoe, 0:48:41.600 --> 0:48:44.000 this is this is Warren Moon and. 0:48:46.000 --> 0:48:49.480 This is given Ernest Gibbons. This is the dudes, you. 0:48:49.440 --> 0:48:52.279 Know, and young Steve McNair and young Eddie George and 0:48:52.560 --> 0:48:53.680 young I mean. 0:48:53.560 --> 0:48:55.680 It pops, it pops, it pops. 0:48:55.719 --> 0:48:58.879 And when you see the helmet, like when we saw 0:48:58.920 --> 0:49:02.400 the helmets at practice, when when I've seen the helmet 0:49:02.440 --> 0:49:06.960 in the building, you're like, oh my goodness, oh my god. 0:49:06.960 --> 0:49:09.279 I mean it's like you you can't believe how good 0:49:09.280 --> 0:49:10.040 it looks. 0:49:09.880 --> 0:49:12.440 And you're saying to yourself, this is going to happen. 0:49:13.080 --> 0:49:15.839 This is going to happen. See them go out there 0:49:15.920 --> 0:49:18.360 last week in the in their helmets to practice and 0:49:18.400 --> 0:49:19.920 kind of get those the fittings. 0:49:19.600 --> 0:49:22.480 Right before they do this game. I got excited. 0:49:22.520 --> 0:49:29.000 I got in the jerseys and they are just clean, amazing, clean, amazing. 0:49:29.320 --> 0:49:30.919 I mean, the replica jerseys are great. 0:49:31.960 --> 0:49:35.520 But we did the private event and Big Jeff was 0:49:35.520 --> 0:49:37.840 there and oh my gosh, so my. 0:49:37.800 --> 0:49:40.640 Ask, I said red shoes because I'm wearing red shoes. 0:49:41.440 --> 0:49:44.120 My history is this is here. And coach Montsak talk 0:49:44.160 --> 0:49:44.759 about him too. 0:49:44.920 --> 0:49:47.480 Yeah, and he called them the silks. They don't call 0:49:47.560 --> 0:49:50.080 them jersey nice because they look so smooth. 0:49:50.360 --> 0:49:53.600 It like in hockey they call them sweaters. Yeah, they 0:49:53.640 --> 0:49:56.080 call them the silks. Man. I was just like, oh my, 0:49:56.800 --> 0:49:58.040 they are they are very pretty. 0:49:58.080 --> 0:49:59.480 And of course the other thing too is when the 0:49:59.480 --> 0:50:03.960 team played in Tennessee for the two years, they wore white, 0:50:04.800 --> 0:50:08.040 and the idea was we're always going to be on 0:50:08.080 --> 0:50:11.560 the road and so we're gonna wear white and just 0:50:11.800 --> 0:50:14.879 embrace no excuses all of this. 0:50:15.680 --> 0:50:20.600 But people didn't get to see the love you blue blue, 0:50:21.040 --> 0:50:24.920 except like in the ninety seven Dallas game on Thursday 0:50:24.960 --> 0:50:27.000 when they had the drive that took the whole third 0:50:27.080 --> 0:50:30.560 quarter and they beat Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and the 0:50:30.600 --> 0:50:34.080 cowboy Marcus Robertson had a big game. We could go 0:50:34.120 --> 0:50:36.840 on and on. We could go on and on. We 0:50:36.840 --> 0:50:39.839 we've got to stop. We have to stop. But see, 0:50:39.880 --> 0:50:42.760 there's a lot to be excited about. OT people. 0:50:42.920 --> 0:50:43.640 Hang in there. 0:50:43.840 --> 0:50:47.759 Seriously. Ramon Foster, thank you all, Ret Brian, thank you 0:50:49.040 --> 0:50:49.680 glad to do it. 0:50:49.719 --> 0:50:51.880 And to the OT people, we say thank you for 0:50:51.960 --> 0:50:54.120 listening to the otpeople.