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It's our Monday edition of the program

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following a Sunday game where we go four

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downs on the Titans performance

0:37

and of course that performance yesterday a

0:40

loss to the New York Giants twenty one

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to twenty. So we begin with

0:44

this first down, your play

0:47

that turned the game, and Amy

0:49

Wells goes first. Mike, I think

0:51

it was the giants second touchdown

0:53

of the game. The sixty five yard

0:55

bomb from Daniel Jones to Sterling

0:57

Shepherd tied the game at thirteen,

1:00

and it was coming off of just a rough

1:02

third quarter for the Tennessee Titans.

1:05

They had a couple third and out series. The Titans

1:07

had got their first penalty of the game just right

1:09

before that, and it just

1:11

felt like all of this sudden the game had

1:13

start to spun out of control and

1:16

with the gap in scoring closing

1:18

at that thirteen thirteen tie at that time,

1:21

it just got out of hand and the Titans really couldn't

1:23

get their footing back. That was exactly

1:26

the play I had pointed to that

1:28

I had written down where Christian Fulton got

1:30

turned around and Sterling

1:32

Shepard goes into the end zone. I

1:34

will go the other direction now and

1:37

say a play that could have turned

1:39

the game was the valuable

1:41

end zone interception by the recently

1:44

extended contract and number

1:47

thirty seven Amani Hooker. I

1:49

think that that was a real big momentum

1:51

shift right there in a place where that

1:53

was what right after the muffpunty

1:56

by Kyle Phillips, and so you

1:58

know their backs are against the wall, he makes a

2:00

big play right there. Pretty nice moment

2:02

on the sidelines after the Hooker interception

2:04

that you saw Amy, It was a very nice

2:07

moment. Kyle Phillips was obviously

2:09

very upset about that muffed

2:12

punt. He was in a bad spot and a

2:14

lot of guys had come over to him, told him to keep his

2:16

head up, that they had him, no big deal. And

2:18

then after a money Hooker gets that interception,

2:21

everybody on the bench came over and

2:24

hugged Kyle Phillips like actually picked him

2:26

up off the ground hugged him. It

2:28

was a moment that said, hey, we're your teammates,

2:30

we've got this, we'll take care of it. It's

2:32

okay. And it was really

2:35

a cool moment to see guys

2:37

really showing that this is a team

2:39

game and complimentary football is a real

2:42

thing, not just something that we talk about,

2:44

but really every facet

2:46

of the team needs to work and needs to do

2:48

their job and they help each other out.

2:51

Well. Phillips did a good job overall. He

2:53

did have a couple of bad moments. The

2:55

muff punt, a drop pass that would

2:57

have picked up a first down on what turned

3:00

out to be the Titans last drive of the

3:02

first half, which was a big play.

3:04

I go back a little further in the first half

3:06

though, the big play by the Titans

3:09

where Daniel Jones is knocked

3:11

loose from the ball by Jeffrey Simmons,

3:13

it's recovered by Bud Dupree.

3:16

He's taken down at the forty two yard line.

3:19

The Titans get a penalty to extend

3:21

the drive, and then Tannehill hits

3:23

Hollister for twenty two yards

3:25

to the eleven first down,

3:28

Derrick Henry for four yards. Second

3:30

down, Tannehill to Swain for two yards.

3:33

It's third down and four at the five,

3:36

and the Titans don't get it in. Tannehill

3:38

can't find anybody in the end zone. He's

3:40

going to Henry. That doesn't work. It wouldn't

3:42

have worked even if he had caught the ball. And

3:44

you have to kick a field goal, score a touchdown.

3:47

Right there, it's a three score game.

3:49

I think it's over. And the

3:51

reason being is because I

3:53

don't think that the Giants

3:56

can go into the second half and

3:58

be as thou about

4:00

staying with the run as what their

4:03

plan obviously was, because suddenly

4:05

three scores down, you start counting

4:08

possessions when it was only thirteen

4:10

to nothing, and then the fact that you had

4:13

two more opportunities with the football,

4:15

one more in the first half, in the first possession

4:18

of the second half, you had a chance

4:20

to extend the lead to three scores, and

4:22

you didn't do it. When you didn't

4:25

do it, you said, okay, Giants,

4:27

if you want to keep trying to run it, you can. And

4:30

then Barkley breaks the sixty eight

4:32

yarder. The four play, ninety yard

4:34

drive all on the ground. Here we go. It's

4:37

a ball game, because even if that

4:39

had happened otherwise, they still would have been two

4:41

scores behind. In this

4:43

case, they're only down thirteen to six,

4:45

and they're saying, here we go. Well, and

4:47

I thought to kind of underline what

4:49

you're saying, Brian day Ball

4:52

and Mike Kafka making an adjustment

4:54

at halftime, because listen, they were wrecking

4:56

Daniel Jones's day in that first He's

4:58

not going to finish the game. No, no, and

5:00

so what do they do? Gave it to the horse

5:03

and went that direction and

5:06

it worked for them. Somebody made the point

5:08

to me this morning. They said, well, the Titans got out

5:10

coached in the second half. I didn't

5:12

think that. I thought the Giants did

5:15

what they should have been doing all along exactly.

5:17

I mean that was you know, I said to

5:19

coach mac at one point early in the

5:21

ballgame, Sequen Barkley has one carry

5:24

for one yard. What are you doing? I

5:26

mean, their path to victory I

5:29

thought was pretty simple, and that was Phebe

5:31

Barkeley. And they finally started

5:33

doing it, and wisely for them, congratulations.

5:37

It took him a while. The Giants adjusted

5:39

at halftime. This is what happened sometimes.

5:42

Well, I mean he got carries in that

5:44

last segment. I mean, he had a thirteen yard

5:47

run in the last minute of the first half on

5:49

a draw and then he caught

5:51

a pass for eleven yards and

5:53

it was like, Okay, now you're finally going to get the

5:55

guy involved. I mean, he was the number two

5:57

pick overall. He's an incredibly

5:59

talented player. And the other thing too,

6:01

is he's as healthy as he will be

6:04

all year long. And Mike,

6:07

it reminded me and

6:09

I guess it's it's kind of what opposing

6:12

teams have been on the receiving

6:15

end of when Derrick Henry

6:17

keeps chugging in a game and

6:19

gets better as the game goes along. Later

6:22

it gets Saquan has that quality

6:24

about him, and you're right, the health is huge

6:26

because he's been really dinged up over the last couple

6:28

of years. They did what they were supposed

6:30

to do. You're right, Well, he is second to

6:33

Derrick Henry in fifty yard

6:35

touchdowns over the course of his

6:37

career and being playing a fraction of the time

6:39

and been playing a fraction at the time.

6:41

He did the majority of that his first

6:43

two years in the league, and then the

6:46

last two years has done very little because

6:48

of injury, but you had to be scared

6:50

about him, and he absolutely broke out,

6:52

all right. So that's first down, second

6:55

down. The stat that grabbed

6:57

your attention, rhet you go first this time,

6:59

Mike. It's that seven of the titans

7:01

ten longest plays were explosive

7:04

plays of twenty yards or more on

7:06

offense, and yet

7:09

twenty points is all you got out of it, which

7:11

tells you about third down woes and

7:14

other things with penalties and the like. When

7:16

you see that and you see that

7:19

you only got twenty points out of it, that points

7:21

to me as to one of the areas that

7:23

is needed for improvement. Minus that,

7:25

the Titans had nineteen total first downs

7:27

in this game, and only two of them were

7:29

obtained by rushing the ball. The Titans

7:32

as a whole had less than one hundred total

7:34

rushing yards ninety three to

7:36

be exact, and eighty two of them came from

7:38

Derrick Henry. I was surprised

7:40

by how low those numbers were given

7:43

what we expected the Titans

7:45

to be doing, which is just running that

7:47

ball and Derrick Henry just straight

7:50

at the Giants. I was surprised

7:52

by that. Mine was something that Mike Rabel

7:54

said today in his press conference,

7:57

he said there were double digit mistackle

8:00

Now is that ten or is that twenty?

8:02

I mean, he didn't say, But what

8:05

I knew watching the ball game is I didn't

8:07

think the Titans tackled very well. They

8:09

had opportunities to get guys on

8:11

the ground in certain situations and

8:13

they did not do it, And ultimately

8:16

I thought it cost him third down

8:19

area where the Titans must improve

8:21

from yesterday. Amy, you go first

8:24

on third down, Well, Mike, it's on defense

8:26

and it's run defense specifically. Jeffrey

8:28

Simmons said after the game that

8:30

it wasn't good enough and that that is something

8:33

that he personally was frustrated

8:35

with. The Giants had two hundred and thirty eight rushing

8:38

yards against the Tennessee Titans. One hundred

8:40

and sixty four of them came from Sequon Barkley.

8:42

I mean, it's just not good enough. From the

8:45

mouth of Jeffrey Simmons, who I

8:47

trust everything that man says, it's something

8:49

that needs to be fixed going forward. For me, it's

8:52

on third down is third down,

8:54

the third d of four d OTP

8:56

is third down on all offense three

8:58

of eleven throughout that ball game, and

9:01

I think the more troubling thing is that it's

9:03

a lot of that was third and short opportunities

9:06

that were not converted. That

9:08

has to improve going forward. There were some makeable

9:11

ones that I mean, if you go six

9:13

for eleven, you win the game.

9:15

Maybe even if you go five for eleven, you

9:18

win the game with some good opportunities. The

9:20

Giants were two of ten, but

9:23

they had some third and Forever's Titans

9:26

let them catch the ball game fifteen yards

9:28

and then punt, So that two for ten for them

9:30

is a little misleading. The three

9:32

for eleven for the Titans seems

9:34

like more of an indictment because

9:36

there were chances if you catch the ball,

9:39

if you take care of things. For

9:41

me, it's gonna be about mistackles. I

9:44

mean, I'm gonna go back to that again. I

9:46

mean, I think as you get ready to play Buffalo,

9:49

I mean, you've got to tackle Josh Allen,

9:51

You've got to tackles to find digs. You've

9:53

got to tackle Motor Singletary, you've

9:55

got to tackle Dawson Knox. I

9:57

mean, the bunch you saw yesterday.

10:00

Berkeley's great and he's

10:02

hard to tackle. The Bills have like five

10:04

guys, Yeah, because you haven't even mentioned

10:07

Gabriel Davis and Isaiah

10:09

Mackenzie. I mean, they are loaded

10:12

loaded well, But if you want a silver lining,

10:14

I'm remembering Heath Bullock this past week

10:16

on Titans Tonight said that in the first

10:18

game of the regular season, there's always

10:20

more missed tackles because

10:23

it's you're just not in that

10:26

live action mode necessarily.

10:28

I understand that. So if there's a silver lining,

10:30

maybe it's gonna get better. It's got to. I

10:33

mean, it absolutely has to, because otherwise

10:35

I just don't think you have a chance to win the ball

10:37

game due to what the name's

10:40

read added to the four that already laid out

10:42

there. I mean, you're playing against a six

10:44

five, two hundred and forty pound quarterback

10:46

who was the Bills leading rusher in

10:49

the season opening win at

10:51

Los Angeles over the Rams. He rushed

10:53

for fifty six yards, and

10:55

I mean he's like a running back

10:58

when he comes at you, you know, they're just there

11:00

are a lot of things you gotta get him on the ground.

11:03

And the Giants didn't have as much

11:05

trouble with that yesterday, which

11:07

is one of the reasons that they picked up the victory.

11:09

Fourth down, we always try to end

11:11

with a positive. I feel like I've been

11:13

a little down, so we're gonna end with a positive.

11:17

Fourth down. Who's your player of the game,

11:19

Reet Bryant. I'm gonna go with one because

11:21

I think one of you is going to

11:23

mention this other persons, So I'm gonna give you that one. Because

11:26

here's one. I really am gonna take six like

11:28

Amby dun No, I'm not taking six. I'm taking but

11:31

I'm being generous in the fact that one of you is gonna

11:34

name who I would have named in this,

11:36

but I'm gonna give you one that a guy

11:38

that made this roster for many reasons,

11:40

and one of them is because of what he can do

11:43

out of the backfield, and that's don

11:45

Treille Hilliard. He had two carries

11:47

for eight yards on the ground, but he had three catches

11:49

on four targets sixty one yards,

11:52

two touchdowns, and he is

11:54

the new personal protector for a rookie

11:56

punter in Ryan Stonehouse. I thought

11:58

he did a really nice job yesterday. Well, and you have

12:00

to credit John Robinson there too for

12:02

resigning him and with

12:05

the thought process that they had that he

12:07

could be this guy because as

12:09

we mentioned on the broadcast yesterday. He

12:11

wasn't last year. Nineteen catches

12:13

for eighty seven yards and no touchdowns.

12:16

That's four and a half yards a catch, and

12:18

so for him to show up the way

12:21

he did, and we've seen it in training camp,

12:23

we thought it could happen, and it was

12:25

able to happen. Dantrell Hilliard is a good

12:27

one. Mine's Kyle Phillips. Is that

12:29

who your person was? Right? It's really

12:32

okay? Well, mind's Kyle Phillips, and

12:34

I didn't steal Rhet's number two guy. I

12:36

think that for the fact that he

12:39

had six catches for sixty six yards.

12:42

I think that he had a great punt return

12:44

early in the game. I think that he was

12:46

a consistent presence for Ryan Tannehill.

12:49

And we have to remember he's a rookie. It

12:51

was his first NFL game. He

12:53

had never done that at fourth round pick. Yeah,

12:56

I think that for what he was able to accomplish

12:58

and listen, yes, he had

13:00

some bad steps, He

13:02

had some moments of inconsistency, He had

13:05

some plays that he wants to take back, and he

13:07

said after the game that he was

13:09

not happy with his performance. It was not his

13:11

best game and he wants to be more

13:13

reliable for Ryan Tannehill and for the

13:15

entire team. And I think that

13:17

that is just I'm so impressed

13:20

by him and what he's been able to do

13:22

as a rookie in his first NFL

13:24

game. Kyle Phillips, I think you're the man,

13:27

all right. So Kyle Phillips is the man

13:30

for Amy Wells. She says, mind's

13:32

a money hooker, And here's

13:35

a guy gets contract the end of the week, gets

13:38

a contract done because he

13:40

says, this is where I want to be. I

13:43

don't want to do the whole Oh let's

13:45

compare to somebody else's contract

13:47

at safety. Don't care. It's a lot of money.

13:49

I'm happy with it. Let's take it and let's

13:52

move on because I want to be a Titan. And

13:54

then what does he do. He goes out and backs

13:56

it up. He has a huge interception

13:58

in a key situation, as you mentioned,

14:01

Amy would have been the play of the game, nearly

14:03

saved the game for the Titans.

14:05

Certainly Kyle Phillips will be buying

14:08

him lunch, dinner, a tank of gas,

14:10

whatever, snacking this week because

14:12

he got him off the hook. But that's

14:15

how you respond when you get paid.

14:17

Your best players in this

14:20

league make the most money. Those

14:22

are the guys who have to come through at

14:24

the biggest moments. A mighty Hooker

14:26

backed up the Bucks even

14:29

though they backed up the Brinks truck

14:31

for him on Friday. That's a pro

14:34

thrilled that he's on this football team. But

14:36

that's not who you thought anybody was gonna

14:38

pick. No. No, I would have

14:40

said Ryan Tannehill. I thought he had a nice

14:42

day considering everything that happened at the way

14:44

it ended up, because we put

14:46

the Titans in position to win the game. He absolutely

14:49

did. How many drops did you have?

14:51

I think I had four? I had four, Okay,

14:53

And guys, he hit nine different receivers

14:56

in this He is dialed in. There's

14:58

no question about that. And I

15:00

would have mentioned him there. But

15:02

I'm so glad you said a Monty Hooker, Mike, because

15:04

and your great interview that you had with Kevin

15:07

Byard that we played in Titans

15:09

Countdown and it has been on Titans platforms.

15:11

One of the things that stood out in that interview is he

15:14

told you, Kevin Byard said, I

15:16

think a Monny Hooker is ready

15:18

to take yet another step forward

15:20

to being an even better safety

15:23

in twenty twenty two and in a one game

15:25

sample he's doing it and Byard led the

15:27

team in tackles with twelve yep,

15:30

he was coming up making some pops and

15:32

thought he did a good job overall.

15:34

So the Titans are certainly good at safety.

15:37

And now getting ready to go to Buffalo

15:39

for Monday Night football. Couple of reminders

15:42

for you, and that is tomorrow night.

15:44

Tuesday Night, we're back with

15:47

the Mike Vrabel TV Show six thirty

15:49

on w k r N in Nashville.

15:51

That's Channel two. Excited to be back

15:54

with the head coach for that Wednesday

15:56

night. On Titans Radio, Titans

15:58

Tonight with Keith Bullock, it's Reet Brian, that's

16:00

Amy Wells, that's Keith Bullock, and that's me six

16:03

o'clock airtime on one oh

16:05

four five Zone and other Titans radio

16:07

stations that carry it in the region.

16:10

And then we wait to work again

16:13

until Monday on the

16:15

air at five o'clock. Go ahead and

16:17

make a note of it at five o'clock for your drive

16:19

home with Titans Countdown. Kickoff

16:21

is set for six to fifteen. The Titans

16:24

and the Buffalo Bills for the fifth straight

16:27

year from high Mark Stadium.

16:29

What does it used to be called? Ralph Wilson was

16:31

Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard

16:33

Park, New York. And then they got money.

16:36

Soph's sorry,

16:38

Ralph, that's what happens. Well, Ralph's

16:40

not with us, and so he's he's okay,

16:42

he's remembered. Finally he's remembered. Finally his family

16:45

doesn't own the team anymore. So it's it's all good.

16:48

The Pagoulas now owned the team. They sure do. Whose

16:50

daughter did very well at the US

16:52

Open in tennis? Yeah, outstanding

16:55

job by her. Congrats. All right, Well,

16:58

let's get over this thing. Let's turn to pay, Time

17:00

to move on, time to get back to work. Let's tackle

17:02

better. Yeah, sure, I'm into that,

17:04

all right. I know that's your tackle. Better run

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