Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Locked on Titans: Huge comeback win, Do or Die vs. the Colts

Episode Date: December 24, 2018

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Welcome in to another edition of Locked On. I'm Jimmy Morris, joined as always by Terry Lambert. Terry, how are you tonight? Doing pretty good. What's up, man? Well, not too much. We've had quite the eventful weekend for the Titans. A game on Saturday afternoon that was, I guess, a little bit more adventurous than what we were all hoping for. But Titans ended up getting the win and get the one piece of it. They needed one of two things to go right this weekend, and they got that. So now you have set up a win and end football game against the Colts next week. So we're going to break all that down for you.

Before we do that, I remind you, we're at from UCMiracles.com. Cover Titans for SB Nation, so you can check us out there. You can follow us on Twitter. I'm at jmorrismcm. Terry's at tlember. You can get the podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Just search out Locked on Titans. All right, so Titans win 25-16.

Final score a little bit more, I guess, lopsided than the game actually was with Malcolm Butler returning an interception. His time expired. But the Titans did enough to win the game. Mark Smart already got hurt again. Elbow, stinger, whatever it is. They're calling it a stinger. Mike Vrabel did not have a press conference.

We'll have that on Monday. So we'll get a Mike Vrabel-type information session on an injury. I would imagine, would be just kind of monitoring practice reports as the week goes along. Just keep in mind, he had what they called a stinger in the Colts and I think was limited in Wednesday's practice, but then was fully practicing by Thursday. And there was never really a question of whether he was going to go or not. So hopefully we're in the same kind of timeline.

Just unfortunate that it happened to him again. I don't know what the right answer is there or whatever. It just seems like whatever it is with his elbow is not all the way healed, and I guess it's not going to be this season. Blaine Gabbert did enough, the Titans were able to get him, but I would have zero confidence in their ability to beat the Colts on Sunday night with Blaine Gabbert. Hats off to Blaine, first off. He came in, and I already had the Titans.

I was about to give up hope, but credit to him. Flair dialed up some pass plays for him, which I'm not sure I agree with We'll get into that a little bit later But he was good Outside of that one throw that should have been intercepted He was pretty even that strike down the seam to Michael Pruitt that probably should have been caught for a touchdown. So That's that's who the Titans signed him to be The guy where the offense didn't fall off a cliff

When him so 7 11 101 yards and a touchdown can't ask for much more than that But story here is Marcus Mariota Once again that elbow like you said it's just something's not right. You know, I think you can safely say that it's the third time It's hurt this year You know doctor I don't know say that it's the third time it's this year. I'm a doctor. I don't know how much it's related. But you had the doctor saying it was like a guitar string. It needed to just kind of buzz out, and we'd be fine.

It's still here in week 17. So, man, offseason can't get here quick enough for Marcus Mariota. And just how about his uh, man, off season can't get here quick enough for Marcus Mariota. Uh, and just how about his luck, man? It just seems like when everything starts going right for him, the bottom falls out once again. Yeah, I don't, uh, it's frustrating because we're talking about this before we started recording, you know, the first question we get whenever we talk to,

whether it's a crossover episode or whatever, you know, what do you make of Marcus Mariota? Is he the franchise quarterback? Are they going to sign him to long-term extension? I still believe he has the ability to be that guy when he's right, when everything's going right. But for whatever reason, we just can't seem to get everything consistently going right for him. So, yeah, it is frustrating.

Like I said, hopefully he'll be there for this game because they're going to need him Sunday. Like I said, Blaine Gabbert, I mean, he did enough. Yeah, he was good enough to lead the Titans to a win, made enough pays. And, you know, like you said, signed him to be able to come in and not have the huge drop-off that we saw last year when Matt Cassel was in there. And I was a little bit frustrated with the play calling. It just seems like, I don't know, it seems like even when Marcus was in there, they've been riding Derrick Henry the last couple of weeks.

I mean, he's been the offense really different since he's been running differently. And I don't know, it just seems like they weren't really committed to getting him in a rhythm in this game. The play calling has been frustrating for the majority. It just seems like I can't figure out what the plan is. Maybe Matt LaFleur has a plan, and I'm not smart enough to figure it out. But it just seems like in this game, and especially after Mariota gets hurt, you would just turn around and hand it to Derrick Henry

and let him wear the defense down. This seems like a great way to get. We'll talk about the defense in. This seems like a great way to get... We'll talk about the defense in a little bit. The Redskins were able to do more offensively than I thought they would be able to. It just seemed like they weren't... I don't know. It seemed to me

a no-brainer. You come in, you're committed to giving the ball to Derrick Henry. Derrick Henry gets the first series, but then you see he's losing there in the second series. I don't get that. Earlier in the year when Derrick Henry wasn the first series, but then you see Lewis in the second series. And I just don't get that. Earlier in the year, you know, when Derrick Henry wasn't being as effective as he has been, when Deion Lewis was being more effective, you get the run on stuff.

But at this point, I just, you know, maybe every third series for Deion Lewis, I mean, I would understand something like that. But I don't understand giving him the second series of the game. You know, let's just drop the series. You know, Deion Lewis doesn't deserve a series. He deserves to come in on passing downs and back up Derrick Henry. That's what he – I'm not sure what's happened with him. I'd love for someone to tell me, but he's just not the same guy we saw.

You open the game, you go down the field, you score, you answer the field goal with six points. And then you put Deion Lewis in, and then you run a reverse toory davis and then you run an inside handoff to darius jennings just why uh so i i think matt we're still trying to find himself as a play caller uh still wants still trying to be creative when you know this is just really in a creative it's just straight ahead gives the ball to 22 and try and get out of his way. So, yeah, I'm with you. Absolutely frustrating.

You know, he did a decent job in the second half playing Gabbert. I understand that the defense knows what's coming with Gabbert in the game and with Henry in the game. You're just going to feed Derrick Henry up the middle. They stayed aggressive. They dialed up some passes down the field for Gabbert, which I thought was neat. It almost blew up in their face with the reaction, but it worked out. I don't know if I would run that again.

I would have thought Derrick Henry would carry this team, but it really didn't happen. Henry ended up with one carries on the day. I thought he really should have pushed towards 30 myself. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, it just goes like when they get the ball first and goal at the two in the fourth quarter there, there's four and a half minutes left. And, you know, Adrian Peterson had been doing work against the Titans.

And, you know, I was just thinking, listen, four times here if that's what it takes. You know, and then they're in the play action and Gab times here if that's what it takes you know and then they they're in the play action and gabriel rolls out and i'm screaming at the tv and then you know obviously my culprit was was wide open the back of the end zone because of the touchdowns or everything you know we saw it played out everything worked out but um yeah like that when i'm like let's eat some clock i don't care if it takes three downs to get in here that way at least you're taking some time off the clock or make the Redskins use their timeouts or

whatever. But like you said, it makes sense from that point. And they were obviously loading the box, and so if there's some stuff that's going to be there, you'd like to take it. But I don't know. There are times where, like you said, it just seems like... And this is not a problem

that is only happening to the Titans. Saints and Steelers, you know, a game that we were all watching, obviously, very closely because we needed the Saints to win. And, you know, they're letting Taysom Hill throw passes. He's throwing interceptions. They're, you know, putting more Camara. I mean, you know, and listen, Sean Payton is regarded as one of the best coaches in the league. So, I mean, it just seems like these coaches get a little too fancy sometimes,

you know, the whole fancy play syndrome thing. So, I mean, I think it happens to even the best guys out there. But, I don't know, it just seems like in this game against the Colts, I mean, load it up, let Henry run, see if you can win it that way because I think the best plan of attack for the Titans on Sunday night is going to be to keep the Colts' offense off with the injury situation, which we'll talk about here in a little bit. But, yeah, I mean, listen, at the end of the day, they did enough to win.

You know, this team, and we can talk about this a little bit too, but, like, the resiliency of this team is really amazing. And I think sometimes maybe we're a little bit with some of the things that we talk about this a little bit too, but the resiliency of this team is really amazing. And I think sometimes maybe we're a little bit with some of the things that we talk about. But there's been all kinds of adversity with this team. I mean, think about your starting quarterback now being able to throw his hand for the first six weeks of the season. But then at other points, that apparently is still an issue. You've had offensive line injury after offensive line injury i mean we're gonna think about kevin panfield the fact that he hasn't been here in a

long time you know and he got a start early in the season um but you know obviously conklin not being here at the beginning and then you know obviously not being throughout the year dennis kelly coming in and playing um you know you've had receivers that have been hurt you've had corners that have been hurt i've had corners that have been hurt i mean there's been all kinds of things all over the world and this team has kept it and has done enough to where they're playing a meaningful game in week 17 and they've you know and even if they lose they're not in seven and it's the first time since the titans have been here you know in what almost 20 years

that they have put together three winning seasons in a row. To do that, those Jeff Fisher teams, the Steve McNair teams, never put together three winning seasons in a row. So it's pretty remarkable what they've been able to do with all the adversity they've faced. That's pretty amazing. When you think about this era, I don't know about you, but I think frustration, kind of missed opportunities,

just not really getting all there was out of rosters. Like you said, three straight winning seasons, that's just pretty wild. And the adversity thing, it's good to see them do it with a who's really been the guy. Like Ames, you put the game on the line, that guy's going to go win it for you. But he wasn't out there. Obviously, the defense stepped up. Josh Johnson played a really admirable game, made one mistake really all day, and it bit him.

But that was kind of a product of them not being able to find the end zone. Titans, once again, giving up yards in between the 20s, but standing tall when that's been a theme, it's continuing. So I thought that was huge. Hats off to Jay Gruden. I thought he called a really nice game, mixing up run and pass, getting Adrian Peterson plenty of touches, 26 carries at, what, 33 years old, and looked fantastic.

He looked like he was 25 again. So really a really good effort from the Redskins. Obviously the score doesn't show it. You know, Malcolm Butler capping off. Really good, cool moment for him scoring that ton. Capping off kind of what's been a tough season for him. Yeah, we'll get to the defense. Before we do, Brett Kern, man, that guy, like, he's awesome.

You know, and the Titans, the Broncos cut him, right? I mean, that's how he ended up of the year. And he's turned out to be a weapon for this team. I mean, that punt at the end of the game, that is a thing of beauty. You know, I mean, just, and you see him all fired up, and the guys jumping up. I mean, that was, you know i mean just and you see him all fired up and the guys jumping out i mean that was you know to get a punt right there where you know there's 20 seconds left in the game the absolute worst thing that could happen would be for them to get a good return to

set up you know a scenario where they have a chance to you know have a short field because at that point it was you know it was 1916 so if they can get a short field, have a field goal over time, who knows what happened. But, I mean, he, you know, perfect punt, angles it out of bounds, balled down to 15. I heard something earlier. I can't remember how many times he's punted all year, but I think he's had three touchbacks all year.

I mean, just crazy how good he's been. So that's fun. And, I mean, I'm glad he's getting, you know, he deserves to go to the Pro Bowl. I'm glad he's getting the recognition he deserves. But just, you know, another guy that came up huge yesterday when it really mattered the most. All right, we'll move on to the defense coming up. Before we do that, I'll tell you about MyBookie.

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that Jarrell Casey went out of the knee injury. Again, we don't know what the extent of that is. I would assume that he probably got an MRI today. We're recording this Sunday night. We haven't heard anything. Mike Vrabel did not have it, but Sunday's going to have it today. Again, if we're going to get information on that, we'll get it from a national guy. Or Jarrell Casey himself, like Logan Ryan did last week week we're not going to get that from mike vrabel but you know it's one of those

deals where he was down he went into the tent he came out took his pads off so that's a good sign for his prospects going forward and that's a little bit terrifying for a team that is one thin already guys that can rush the passer to a team that is, one, thin already, guys that can rush the passer, two, a team that has had trouble getting much pressure on quarterbacks. It's a little bit terrifying thinking about facing a Week 17 game against Andrew Luck without Jarrell Casey. Yeah, I think I saw Kowarski had Titans were kind of feeling the worst. So, you know, even if you win this game,

he said that he probably wouldn't be with the team through a potential playoff run. So not good, not good. Like you said, this team doesn't have many guys that can get after the passer. They've really done it on the interior. Obviously, that's going to take a hit here. He's a guy that demands double teams um and it's just really effective uh you know shooting those gaps and really getting after quarterback so it's like harold landry gonna have to step up derrick morgan gonna have to step up

uh camila correa i'm not sure that you can replace the production that he's going to leave behind with the interior guys. I just don't think the Titans have that disruptor behind him. It's a need that both of us have talked about all year. But Daquan Jones, Austin Johnson, guys like that are going to have to step up, especially against the run, which the Colts are doing a lot more of nowadays. Marlon Mack's really come on the last couple weeks. So, yeah, I don't know. I mean, without Jarrell Casey, without Logan Ryan, you know,

we'll see how creative Dean Pease can get to dial up some things. You know, I know it looked okay yesterday, but, again, when you're talking about, you know, facing Josh Johnson, it's a little bit different than Andrew Luck. I was surprised that Adrian Peterson was able to get as much as he did in the game on Saturday. I just really thought that the Titans would load the box and kind of dare Johnson to beat them. Like you said, I mean, giving Peterson the uh you know he's he's been effective this year at 33 i remember you know when it was announced the redskins were signing him i

figured skies got hurt it was just kind of like it was something that didn't really even seem all that newsworthy i mean just seemed like a guy they were bringing in because of his name but he's he's proven this year that he can still play and so you know good on them for for making that move and and you know that year you talk about i mean we talk about all the injuries the titans have had i mean they're down to their what fifth or sixth guard uh you know their fourth quarterback i mean they've had all kinds of issues up there and you know that now it's seven and eight i mean that they've really then they've been a team that has been at least you know know, composed of the year. But I don't know.

I mean, that's my biggest concern going forward is now that you're without, you know, really your two at least veteran leaders. I think you throw Wesley Woodyard in there as well. But, I mean, Jarrell Casey and Logan Ryan are the two guys that you can count on to know what's going on, to be able to help guys get lined up, all that kind of stuff. They've got some other guys that can do that kind of stuff. Like I said, Woodyard. I mean, I think Kevin Byard is developing into that guy.

Like you said, Malcolm Butler, you know, made a big play here, and we've seen him come on the last couple of weeks, and so that's obviously going to help this team. And it's good. I mean, I don't know. Think about the spot they would be in if the Malcolm Butler issues they were having earlier in the year. I mean, so at least he's come on a little bit. You can at least count on him to be, you know, at least serviceable at this point.

So there are some things where they're trending in the right direction. Rashawn Evans didn't finish the game as well. And he's a guy that's really late. So that's the biggest thing. I mean, I don't know. We have this Andrew Luck issue, obviously. And, you know, it's a scary thing. I've been saying, I don't know, Terry might not remember this stuff,

but if you remember the save by the bell, you know, Jessie Spano gets hooked on the caffeine pills, and she has that little meltdown in her room with Zach Morris, and the I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I'm so scared. That's kind of how I feel. It's really exciting to be where the Titans are, but it's terrifying that you're looking at Andrew Luck that's coming in here. You really wish it could be like the Jaguars

because the Titans have their number. Yeah, I watched Saved by the Bell every morning before middle school. I know what you're talking about there. But, yeah, with the run defense's struggle, I think it was a product of Josh Johnson. You know, just having that added threat there. The linebackers couldn't key in. Like the week before, they could key in on Saquon Barkley.

Josh was coming there. Didn't have to worry about Eli scrambling and getting on the outside. It just kills Wesley Woodyard and Rashawn Evans' ability to kind of key in, and they just had to hang out and see what was going to happen. So, much bigger test next week, obviously. You saw what day it was to come back win. You know, it's just, I don't know how you'd be excited. I really don't.

I've already seen some people on Twitter, people being negative. And I just it's kind of like, you know, I'm a Tennessee fan. I had to see them beat Florida before I could sit here and predict it to happen. You know, it took, what, 11 years for that to happen again. It's something I need to see the Titans go do before I say they can do it. And now you're talking about Jarrell Casey, Logan Ryan, potentially being out of the equation. We'll see on Marcus Mariota.

If Marcus is out, I'm going to be totally down on this game. As long as eight is in the game, I think they'll have a fighting chance, at least at home. Yeah, and that's the thing. I mean, the game is at home. That's a big deal there. And, you know, as of right now, the game's not sold out. I would imagine that it will be, and hopefully they'll do something about it.

But, yeah, it's just the injuries man it piled up here and we talked about it for really all year in all offseason about how lucky the titans had been um as far as injuries are concerned and that kind of stuff um you know it's it's kind of gone the other way this year and that's obviously not a good thing right now but just to look at what they've been able to put together with that um you know you just kind of hats off to this team this coaching staff from that standpoint so in meaningful football in week 17 uh that if you know if you know laid out all the games that were going to be missed all the guys that they were going to be missing at different points in the

season you obviously would have not at all expected for this this game to mean something and now this stupid giants colts game game today, it doesn't matter. Even if the Colts lose that game, the Titans still have to beat the Colts in Week 17 to go to the playoffs. So watching that game, I'm just sitting here getting pissed because I'm like, you know, Andrew Luck bringing them back and Eli May making stupid throws down the stretch. I was losing my mind.

And then that Steelers-Saints, I thought I was going to lose it after all the things that the Titans kind of needed to happen. The majority of them feeling like they weren't going to happen. But anyway, like I said, it's here. We'll talk a little bit about different playoff scenarios because there's actually a couple of things that can still happen for the Titans. I mean, obviously they have to win, but if a few things go right in the earlier game,

the Titans could actually end up winning, being the two seed in the AFC. So I'll call that down for this. Yeah, so look, I mean, the most likely case here is the Titans end up with the sixth seed if they win. We know the winner of the Titans-Colts game is getting in. But like I said, it could be as high as the two seed.

If the Patriots lose to the Jets, now the Patriots play the Jets at home, so the likeliness of that happening is not very high. But if the Patriots were to lose, if the Texans were to lose to the Jaguars at home, and the Ravens were to lose to the Browns, then if the Titans beat the Colts, they'd be the two seed, which is just crazy to think about. Like I said, all that stuff is crazy. There's no way that all three of those things happen.

But it's just crazy that you can still be in that point. And the Titans can still win the AFC South. I mean, if all the other stuff doesn't happen, if the Jaguars beat the Texans and the Titans beat the Colts, and if the Jaguars beat the Texans, then the Titans-Colts game is for the AFC South title. So then, you know, if the other stuff doesn't happen, you don't get the two-seed

and the bye, but you would get to host a playoff game, which I don't remember the last time the Titans did that, but it's been, what, 2008? I mean, it was 2008 season, I think it was January 2009. But, you know, I mean, it's 2008 season. I think it was January 2009. But, you know, I mean, it's just wild that they're in. We were looking at, I mean, that Steelers-Saints game comes down the wire. It looks like the Saints have kind of given it away.

And then you're talking about a scenario where the Titans could be 10-6 and not get in. So it's crazy that, you know, just a matter of kind of moments we went from looking at that scenario where they could be 10-6 and not get in. So it's crazy that, you know, just a matter of kind of moments we went from looking at that, that scenario where they can be 10 and six and not get in to the point where now there's a possibility they can be the two seed. Yeah. And if you just assume the Patriots are going to be the jets and assuming things in the NFL these days, it's,

it's pretty risky. It just, the Texans are going to take that three seat. So, you know, you, you pull off this big deal of a win against Andrew Luck, who you've never beaten before.

You're going to have to go to Houston against Deshaun Watson. The trips to Houston don't seem to go the Titans' way these days. The last two have been pretty rough on this group. So it's a brutal division. We said it all offseason. It wasn't quite true in the beginning stages of the year. But, man, did the Colts and the Texans and the Titans ever come on? And who would have thought it would have been the Jaguars

who were back down to top five draft pick status. But this division, we've talked about it a lot, and Andrew Marcus Mariota is going to have to stay healthy just to keep pace with those two. Yeah, absolutely. And I guess, you know, in the scenario where, I guess if the Texans, the Texans would be the sixth seed, right? If they lost and the Titans won, then the Titans win the AFC South.

I think the Texans would still be the sixth in that scenario. So you would either – I mean, they're probably – if they get in, they're probably going to play the Texans. It's just a matter of if it's, you know, here or in Houston. Like you said, I just – I don't know. We'll see. And get in, man. I mean, that's the biggest thing.

We saw what happened last year. I mean, nobody gave the Titans a chance to go to Arrowhead and win, and they were able to do that. And we've seen this team come on, and we've seen them um you know find a new identity with derrick henry and all that kind of you know it's still it's still a possibility and like i said to be talking about this at this point is awesome uh i don't know i mean it's like i said's exciting, but it's scary at the same time. It'd be a great story, right? It was nine games against him.

They never won. So to be 1-9 but get in the playoffs, to keep the Colts home, would be so much fun. They've been a horn in the Titan's side for a really long time. There are things at play here, and there's no reason not to at least be excited about it and to be looking forward to it like i said it's awesome that it got flexed with sunday night football so at least we get to keep our dream alive until you know sunday night it won't be over at you know whatever time two or three on the afternoon so they've kind of got all that stuff going for me like it should be a great atmosphere uh that they deserve this team deserves that um they've like i said that nothing against what they've been able to do this year

because that they have they have fought tooth and nail all year long i mean that they have been they've gone through all kinds of adversity and still find themselves in this scenario so i don't know i mean like i said i'm excited but scared and you know it's it's it's fun to be talking about this stuff because we thought what three weeks ago we were looking at our really four weeks ago even we were looking at a real possibility where you lose another game and we're going into draft season mode and that's never fun to be doing at the beginning of december and so it's awesome that for the last you know three years we had to do that um so i don't know. I mean, like I said, I'm excited.

We've got Christmas and all that coming up, so there's a lot going on this week. But there will be meaningful football played at Nissan Stadium at the end of December, and you can't really ask for much more. So any final thoughts you have on where we sit as of right now? Yeah, I mean, the thing that stands out, you get primetime Marcus. He's been awesome. When the brightest lights have been on, his status is still up in the air.

If it's anything like the last injury, I think he's going to play. But obviously we'll see later in the week. It's just going to be hard to keep a guy like that out of this one. But when the lights have been on and shining the brightest, he's been at his best. So that would be my story to be the final game of the NFL Sunday in front of a national audience to see Marcus Mariota knock off Andrew Luck for the first time.

Yeah, and one thing on that real quick. I was seeing a couple people on Twitter yesterday saying, well, you know, when they want Marcus Mariota, that's when he gets hurt and goes out of the game. Like, stop with that. Like, I understand he's been hurt a lot. And we talk, I mean, it's dumb luck and all that kind of stuff. Like, we've been over all that.

These, the people in the locker room, they love Marcus Mariota. Ted LeJuan, I mean, if you hear him talk about Marcus Mariota and how much he loves, those guys are not having those types of, they're not saying those types of things publicly about him if he's the type of guy who just wants to shut it down when things are not going good. He's not Vince Young. He's not sitting over there on the sideline not winning a game because his feelings are hurt because people are booing him.

Like, these are legitimate things that have been plaguing him this year. I don't even say bothering him because then people will, you know, whatever. Like, these are legitimate things that have kept him out of games. And I think we saw in week one, he came back in at the interception against Miami. And I think he learned in that moment that if he can't feel his hand, which, you know, seems like a logical thing, but he tried to go back in the first time it happened, that if he can't do that, he's hurting the team by being in there. So stop with the crap of, you know, he's soft and all that kind of stuff. Like, that's not the case. He's a guy that wants to being in there. So stop with the crap of he's soft and all that kind of stuff.

That's not the case. He's a guy that wants to be out there. It's just been stuff that has hampered him. Like you said, when the bright lights are on, he's been at his best. So listen, like I said, I'm excited about it. And we'll kind of see how it goes. Alright, so

right before Christmas, you'll probably be listening to this on Monday, Christmas Eve. We'll be off until, you'll probably be listening to this on Monday, Christmas Eve. We'll be off until we'll probably record again on Wednesday night. So we'll have a new episode Thursday. We'll see if we'll do Thursday and Friday. We'll just kind of see how it plays out as the week goes along, what kind of news and kind of stuff that we have. But between now and then, I hope everybody has a really Merry Christmas. Have fun with your family and all that stuff.

And like I said, enjoy the fact that we've still got meaningful football and something to look forward to. Check us out at museummiracles.com where you can get everything you need to know about this team between now and then. We'll still have stuff going on there. Follow us on Twitter. I'm at jmorrismcm.

Terry's at teamlembertfb. And like I said, search out Locked on Titans wherever you get your podcasts and you'll be able to find us. So for Terry, this is Jimmy saying Merry Christmas. We'll talk to you again later this week.