Speaker 1: This is the OTP four D presented by Farm Bureau
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Speaker 1: I'm Mike Keith. The OTP for D begins in pregame.
Speaker 1: Amy Wells, your thoughts on SOFI Stadium? Holy smokes, That's
Speaker 1: all I can say. It is, in my mind, everything
Speaker 1: that it was advertised to be. It was unlike any
Speaker 1: stadium I've ever seen before in terms of kind of
Speaker 1: the design of it, the layout of it. It's loud.
Speaker 1: They did a good job of creating a venue that
Speaker 1: really traps noise in there, and it's beautiful. A lot
Speaker 1: of what they were doing it felt like a show
Speaker 1: from start to finish. Act super Bowl venue, perfect super
Speaker 1: Bowl venue. I was thinking about it during the game.
Speaker 1: I thought I'd come back to a Super Bowl here.
Speaker 1: I think that would be fun. For my impressions. First
Speaker 1: of all, on the noise part of it, and it
Speaker 1: was loud. I was told by some RAMS personnel that
Speaker 1: that's not even as loud as it normally is. It
Speaker 1: was like back down a notch. I'm like, okay, so
Speaker 1: we'd all have ringing ears today, But I'll put it
Speaker 1: this way, and Mike, you and I have traveled to
Speaker 1: just about all of them. I remember the first impressions
Speaker 1: of at and T Jerry World years ago. It's a
Speaker 1: notch above that. And of course in Coach Mack and
Speaker 1: coach Jeff Fisher were involved in those plans when they
Speaker 1: moved to La years ago, and he and Coach Mac
Speaker 1: told us before the broadcast, you can fit Jerry World
Speaker 1: inside that place, that's how big it is. It was incredible.
Speaker 1: The facility itself is great. It feels like they have
Speaker 1: a new sports car and they still don't know how
Speaker 1: fast it'll go. I would buy that. I don't think
Speaker 1: they figured out all the parking and all the bells
Speaker 1: and whistles and how to get people in and out yet,
Speaker 1: because they didn't have the benefit of last year to
Speaker 1: get started with that. I would think that will get better.
Speaker 1: Oh wait will absolutely it will. And they have plenty
Speaker 1: of personnel to work those things and do that. But
Speaker 1: the ingress and egress and those things, I'm sure there's
Speaker 1: still plenty of kinks to be worked out, all right,
Speaker 1: So let's dive in. Are we ready? Oh? I'm I
Speaker 1: was born ready Mine first down, Rhet Brian, your play
Speaker 1: that turned the game. This one's easy for me. It's
Speaker 1: fourteen twelve left in the second quarter and Brett Kern
Speaker 1: has a fifty seven yard punt that downs it deep
Speaker 1: into Rams territory. Four plays later, Stafford's picked off by
Speaker 1: David Long That sets up the Tannehill to Jeff Swam.
Speaker 1: Two plays after that, Bayern has a pick six and
Speaker 1: they go up fourteen to three. Right there, Just that
Speaker 1: fifty seven yard punt helped set up to me, the
Speaker 1: bang Bang plays in eleven seconds of game clock to
Speaker 1: go up fourteen three. It was huge. I think Rhett
Speaker 1: took three plays, but that's okay. We don't judge. It
Speaker 1: was an exciting he took my one move. No, it
Speaker 1: was an exciting game. Mine is the Kevin Byard interception
Speaker 1: twelve to sixteen left in the second quarter. It was
Speaker 1: a pass that was intended for Woods. He runs it
Speaker 1: back for twenty four yards, ends up with that touchdown.
Speaker 1: The Titans go at fourteen to three. All of a
Speaker 1: sudden they have this deficit that the Rams were never
Speaker 1: able to come back from. Really, and what it did
Speaker 1: for me and I think it did for the Rams,
Speaker 1: is establish the Titans defensive dominance in that game. They
Speaker 1: came to play and they just put their foot on
Speaker 1: the gas and never brought it back up. Mine was
Speaker 1: actually second and nineteen at the Ram forty six with
Speaker 1: eleven forty nine to go in the first quarter. Matthew
Speaker 1: Stafford had just been sacked by Denico Autry. It's second
Speaker 1: and nineteen and then Jeffrey Simmons take Stafford down for
Speaker 1: minus seven. Back to back sacks, but the second one
Speaker 1: was more significant to me because it just showed we're
Speaker 1: gonna be here all day. The first sack fluke. We've
Speaker 1: seen teams, especially last year, we would see the Titans
Speaker 1: make a good play on first down and the other
Speaker 1: team would come right back, pick up the first down
Speaker 1: and keep rolling. It was at that moment that it
Speaker 1: was very evident, this is totally not last year. We're
Speaker 1: not going away, and we have shown up to punch
Speaker 1: you in the nose. That's the type of game we're
Speaker 1: going to play. And they had made it into the
Speaker 1: game that Mike Vrabel wanted it to be. If this
Speaker 1: is a track meet, the Titans get routed, they don't
Speaker 1: have enough handle on the offense right now to be
Speaker 1: able to stay with the Rams. But if they can
Speaker 1: make it a punch you in the nose game, they
Speaker 1: can win that football game. And that's exactly what they did.
Speaker 1: I love it. I love it so much. Set it
Speaker 1: down your stat that tells the story, Amy, you know,
Speaker 1: I think it's penalties and not the Tennessee Titans penalties.
Speaker 1: The Titans only had four penalties for nineteen yards. It's
Speaker 1: not great, but not terrible. The Rams, however, had twelve
Speaker 1: penalties for one hundred and fifteen yards, including almost back
Speaker 1: to back roughing the passer penalties that got very twisted
Speaker 1: and ended up giving the Titans thirty extra yards in
Speaker 1: a crucial fourth quarter drive that ended with the Titans
Speaker 1: getting a touchdown. The Rams just seemed like they were flustered.
Speaker 1: They seemed like they were on their left foot and
Speaker 1: We're just doing whatever they could to try and make
Speaker 1: something happen. And it ended up in a lot of penalties,
Speaker 1: and that seemed to be a big storyline throughout most
Speaker 1: of the game. The Titans defense only allowed three explosive
Speaker 1: plays for zero points against this Rams offense. Twenty six
Speaker 1: yards to tight end Tyler Higbee, twenty two yards to
Speaker 1: Robert Woods, twenty yards to Van Jefferson, and no worse
Speaker 1: for the wear. And that goes back to what you
Speaker 1: emphasized all game yesterday and what Mike Rabel told us
Speaker 1: on Friday that they wanted to make it the Titans
Speaker 1: game and not run a track meet with those guys.
Speaker 1: They did an excellent job of making that happen, and
Speaker 1: all three of those plays came in the second half
Speaker 1: where the Titans were firmly in front in the ball
Speaker 1: game and in control. The past to Higbee was a
Speaker 1: screen pass on third down in one The past to
Speaker 1: Jefferson was a really nice play, but the one to
Speaker 1: Woods was the one that hurt because that was a
Speaker 1: third down situation. I thought, overall, my stat that tells
Speaker 1: the stories Cooper Cup eleven catches ninety five yards. If
Speaker 1: you'd told me before the game, Cooper Cup has eleven
Speaker 1: catches for ninety five yards. It's like somebody saying, Derrick Henry,
Speaker 1: I'll have twenty five carries for one hundred yards. Fine,
Speaker 1: I'll give him that because this is a guy averaging
Speaker 1: over fourteen yards a catch. His longest play in the
Speaker 1: ball game was seventeen yards and he averaged eight six
Speaker 1: a catch. The Rams aren't going on all cylinders. When
Speaker 1: Cooper cup is only averaging eight point six yards per
Speaker 1: catch period, I thought that that was a key, as
Speaker 1: they never let him get started in the ball game.
Speaker 1: Eleven catch, Yeah, I get it, but they threw forty
Speaker 1: eight times, so I don't think that's I don't think
Speaker 1: that's any big deal. Again, sticking with defense stats, I
Speaker 1: think we're all along the same line that way. Third
Speaker 1: down your area. The Titans have to get fixed. You know,
Speaker 1: there's a couple of things. I think it's converting on
Speaker 1: third downs. This offense works the best when they are
Speaker 1: converting those third downs and have sustained drives. They only
Speaker 1: converted four of twelve third down attempts. That's thirty three
Speaker 1: percent for those of you who aren't great with the math,
Speaker 1: and that's not enough. In order for this Titans offense
Speaker 1: to be really successful and consistently successful, they need to
Speaker 1: stay on the field. They need to have those long drives.
Speaker 1: They need to be burning that clock and scoring some points.
Speaker 1: So Amy's third down is third downs. My third down
Speaker 1: on the OTP four d is AJ Brown's drops. And
Speaker 1: I'm not picking on AJ Brown at all, but with
Speaker 1: the way things are and their learning life without Derek Henry,
Speaker 1: the stars have to rule the show. Ryan Tannehill did that.
Speaker 1: AJ Brown did it in spots, but there was a
Speaker 1: couple of those drops he had that could have been
Speaker 1: crucial third down conversions. They have to have those going forward. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you can't miss him right now with a lack of
Speaker 1: margin for error in this offense because you don't have Henry,
Speaker 1: and that's one of the factors of not having Henry.
Speaker 1: Nobody ever said it wasn't going to be different without him.
Speaker 1: We just said the world wasn't going to end, and
Speaker 1: clearly the world did not end. But it's different. And
Speaker 1: my stat in my area, they've got to get fixed.
Speaker 1: Twenty six rushes for sixty nine yards, that has to
Speaker 1: be better. Now they got twenty six rushes, that's great,
Speaker 1: they were able to get in that many running plays,
Speaker 1: but they have got to be able to run more
Speaker 1: effectively than two seven to carry absolutely, and I think
Speaker 1: they will. I think it will get better. Adrian Peterson
Speaker 1: hadn't carried in a game in ten months, He hadn't
Speaker 1: carried double digits in a game at eleven months. The
Speaker 1: foreman hadn't played since the preseason. McNichols has not carried
Speaker 1: the ball that much this season. So and you're playing
Speaker 1: without Nate Davis and without Tator of one. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's a different scenario. Not saying the world ends, but
Speaker 1: they've got to continue to up their game as they
Speaker 1: go forward. In my opinion, that's just what I'm thinking
Speaker 1: anyone anyone Well, and the AJ Brown thing too for me,
Speaker 1: you know, defenses are going to look at this thing
Speaker 1: differently because you know Derrick Henry has that home run thread,
Speaker 1: well so does AJ Brown, but one of those home
Speaker 1: run threats is taken away now because Derek Henry obviously
Speaker 1: can't come out and play. So AJ's got to be
Speaker 1: able to put that back over the top and this
Speaker 1: thing and keep keep defenses honest, keep them guessing, Rett, Brian,
Speaker 1: one thing that you noticed and wanted to share that
Speaker 1: is fourth down. This could have been my first down
Speaker 1: on a play that changed the game. And this is
Speaker 1: something I noticed it late in the game when it
Speaker 1: was Tyler Higbee that had the touchdown, but it was
Speaker 1: called back after an official challenge for an illegal touch
Speaker 1: and the Rams had to settle for a field goal.
Speaker 1: I thought, then this is the night that the Titans
Speaker 1: just might get this done, because the Titans don't necessarily
Speaker 1: get those kinds of calls to go in their favor. True,
Speaker 1: and I think they had to dig to find the
Speaker 1: angle because the first angle they were showing on TV
Speaker 1: was clearly inconclusive. But then they went back and found
Speaker 1: the step earlier where he clearly stepped out about it.
Speaker 1: It was clue that first couple of shots it was close,
Speaker 1: and Mike Vrabel had his own foot out there showing
Speaker 1: the refs exactly where that foot was on the line
Speaker 1: in real time. In class, they needed a little model
Speaker 1: on the sidelines. He was helping them out make sure
Speaker 1: they could see where that foot really was. Amy Wells
Speaker 1: fourth down the one thing you wanted to notice and chair,
Speaker 1: you know. I am very happy with Adrian Peterson's first
Speaker 1: outing as a Tennessee Titan. I was skeptical is not
Speaker 1: the right word. I was interested to see what it
Speaker 1: was going to look like having him be a part
Speaker 1: of the Tennessee Titans offense. In a game. You know,
Speaker 1: you see him at practice, that's one thing. But I
Speaker 1: was interested to see how this was going to work.
Speaker 1: And while statistically it wasn't the most remarkable, showing ten
Speaker 1: attempts twenty one yards, longest rush of six yards, he
Speaker 1: had a touchdown, had a reception for five yards. I mean,
Speaker 1: statistically not blowing anybody out of the water. But I
Speaker 1: had a chance to talk to him after the game
Speaker 1: and kind of say, you know, this was a crazy week,
Speaker 1: Like how you kind of feeling after everything has shaken down,
Speaker 1: And he said, you know, it's definitely been different. He
Speaker 1: said that the thing he noticed was that he clearly
Speaker 1: didn't have OTA's training camp those times that you get
Speaker 1: to know guys and you get to kind of understand
Speaker 1: the little nuances of an offense. And he said that
Speaker 1: that is going to get better with time. As he's
Speaker 1: with this team longer, he and Ryan Tannehill will be
Speaker 1: able to work more. He in the offensive line, the
Speaker 1: other guys within the offense will be able to get
Speaker 1: a feel for each other a little bit more, and
Speaker 1: it's going to get better. But he said he was
Speaker 1: one hundred percent definite that this was the right place
Speaker 1: for him to be and that he could be a contributor,
Speaker 1: and that made me feel very good. It made me excited.
Speaker 1: For me, it was Julio Jones. Four catches thirty five yards,
Speaker 1: well below his average per catch, but he made some
Speaker 1: big catches. He accelerated a couple of times. I can
Speaker 1: see where Julio Jones is going to help this team
Speaker 1: down the stretch. I can see where Julio Jones is
Speaker 1: going to continue to come on as they go. They've
Speaker 1: paced him and it feels like he's starting to get
Speaker 1: back into the rhythm of everything once again. The Titans
Speaker 1: are about to get in a rhythm. A game on Sunday,
Speaker 1: a game on Sunday, a game on Sunday, a week off,
Speaker 1: a game on Sunday, a game on Sunday, full weeks
Speaker 1: a practice right, and full weeks off before the Thursday
Speaker 1: night game on December twenty third. I think we're about
Speaker 1: to see Julio Jones get in a rhythm and really
Speaker 1: be able to help this offense. I'm fired up, and
Speaker 1: I'm fired up for the OTP four D each Monday.
Speaker 1: Amy Wells, Rhet Brian of Titan's Radio, thank you for
Speaker 1: your outstanding effort. Appreciate you having me. I like it
Speaker 1: when you're fired up, fired up, it gets me going.
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Speaker 1: and Rhett. I'm Mike Keith. Thanks for joining us for
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