Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Locked on Titans: Voicing frustrations on Mike Mularkey

Episode Date: December 19, 2017

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ...

Transcript
Discussion (0)
Starting point is 00:00:00 Welcome in to another edition of Locked on Titans. I am Jimmy Morris, joined as always by Terry Lambert. Terry, how are you tonight? Doing good. What's going on with you? Not too much. Ready to get this party started. Before we do that, I'll tell you, we write for musiccitymiracles.com, so be sure and check that out. We have a ton of Titans content every single day on there for you, so check that site out. for you, so check that site out. If you want to follow this podcast, you can do it on iTunes. You just search for Locked on Titans. You can subscribe there.
Starting point is 00:00:32 You can rate and review there as well. We wish that you would. Any feedback, we would much appreciate, so check that out as well. Tonight, we're going to talk a little bit about the coaching situation with Mike Malarkey and kind of our feelings, where they are on that, and then we'll get a little bit about the coaching situation with Mike Malarkey and kind of our feelings where they are on that. And then we'll get a little bit into what Mike Malarkey talked about at his press conference today, some injury updates and that kind of stuff. So that's where we're headed tonight. All right, so I said on Twitter earlier that I had a Mike Malarkey rant coming.
Starting point is 00:01:02 And I just – the more that I thought about the way the game went down yesterday, the more that I'm frustrated with the coaching situation here. Okay, now let's go all the way back to when Mike Malarkey was hired. All right, the Titans did not conduct a coaching search. They conducted a sham of a search. You know, they had to fill the Rooney Rule and all that kind of stuff. They brought some people in. But it was clear from the beginning of that that Mike Malarkey was an Amy Adams strong guy. There was no doubt about that from anybody that covered the team, from anybody that had any insight into how the
Starting point is 00:01:39 search was going. Malarkey was going to be the guy from the beginning. You and I both agreed that it was a bad hire in the beginning. Malarkey had been a head coach before, had had just a terrible year, a couple terrible years as a head coach, has an offensive philosophy that doesn't mesh well with the current NFL. We knew that coming in. We knew that when he hired Terry Hrabisky, right? I mean, Terry Hrabisky hadn't been an offensive coordinator since, like, Bo Jackson played for him.
Starting point is 00:02:10 So that's not entirely true. But – Literally, it was like – I think it was like 1989. Yeah, yeah. I mean, it had been a long time since Terry Hrabisky had been a coordinator. He had been coaching in the league, but all these teams are hiring coordinators and coaches and nobody ever you know considered him to their coordinator except for mike malarkey
Starting point is 00:02:30 mike malarkey made reference to in some of his comments before his first year last year about how he appreciated having a staff full of guys that didn't have aspirations to be head coaches because they were all there to work for him okay Okay, now, I mean, on one hand, I understand what he's saying. They're all bought in. They're all only worried about what's going on there. But that also means that you don't have any guys on your staff that anybody else wants. I mean, that's how I took those comments, okay?
Starting point is 00:02:58 So, you know, when he was hired, I thought it was a terrible idea. I didn't like it, all right? Now, they go 9-7 last year. The offense looks good. Marcus Mariota looks good. Marcus Mariota, as we have talked about time and time again, is the most important piece of this equation. How he's playing, how he looks, is really the only thing that matters to me
Starting point is 00:03:21 with how this season has gone and how these next two games play out. Last year, Marcus Mariota looked great. He looked like he was well on his way to being a franchise quarterback, a great NFL quarterback. So at that point, once you step back from that, you say 9-7, had a chance late, lost a game in Jacksonville, but you could point to a couple of their games along the way that they had lost, They probably should have won.
Starting point is 00:03:46 But look, that was his first year. You're coming from a year where before the Titans had had the number one overall pick. Obviously, they traded it. But what they had done, John Robinson with the roster, Mike Malarkey on the field, you had to at least give them a little bit of rope this year. You had to at least say, okay, I'm going to wait and see how year two plays out. He deserves that based on what he did in year one. So that's where I was coming into this year.
Starting point is 00:04:11 That's why, as this year has gone along, I have been hesitant to go ahead and go all in on, all right, it's time to move on. It's time to find a new coach. Well, I'm there now. I'm there now, and I'm there for a few reasons. Number one, I think Mike Malarkey is an okay NFL coach. coach well i'm there now i'm there now and i'm there for a few reasons number one i think mike malarkey is an okay nfl coach okay i think that if you keep him around i think you're going to have a lot of teams that play hard then you're going to have teams that are bought in to what
Starting point is 00:04:35 he's trying to do you're going to have teams that will not accept losing and listen if you follow this franchise for any period of time you know that through the end of the Fisher era, part of the Munchak era, into the Ken Wisenhunt era, the locker room accepted losing. They were fine with it. There were multiple players on the team that really probably couldn't care less whether or not the team won. Delaney Walker even said as much when Mike Malarkey took over that we're going to get rid of some
Starting point is 00:05:06 of these guys that don't necessarily care about winning on the field. So this is not just something that I'm viewing from the outside and making a speculation on. Delaney Walker said that. So Mike Malarkey has stabilized the culture. He's changed the culture in the locker room. He's gotten them to a good
Starting point is 00:05:22 place as far as all that's concerned. The problem is he doesn't want to run an offense from this century. He is stuck on we are going to run the ball. We have to establish a run every game. No matter who the opponent is, no matter what's going on, we're going to establish the run. If it works, fantastic. Terry and I were talking before we came on, we're going to establish the run, okay? If it works, fantastic, okay?
Starting point is 00:05:47 And Terry and I were talking before we came on, and Terry said, you know, hey, if I had my choice, I would rather my team go out there and run over everybody. Absolutely, I agree with that. The problem is it's not working this year. And so then the problem becomes that Mike Malarkey refuses to change. And again, you know, everybody wants to fire Terry Hrabisky. Everybody's like, oh, we've got to fire Hrabisky. You know, we're going to get a new office coordinator. Things are going to change. Things are not going to change just with Terry Hrabisky. Everybody's like, oh, we've got to fire Hrabisky. We're going to get a new offensive coordinator. Things are going to change.
Starting point is 00:06:05 Things are not going to change just with Terry Hrabisky being out because they're running Mike Malarkey's system. They're running Mike Malarkey's offense. At any point, Mike Malarkey could change a play call, could take over the play calling duties. I mean, there's all kinds of things. He's called plays before. He was an offensive coordinator and was a successful offensive coordinator.
Starting point is 00:06:23 He could do any of that stuff at any point if he wanted to he hasn't done that because he's okay with what's going on in the field all right now yes mike malarkey regardless of how this season ends up in his two seasons as the head coach here will have a record above 500 even if the titans go eight and eight they went nine seven last year so obviously he's a game over 502 years here there's that that's okay like and again when you go back to how bad they were when he first got here and all that stuff, all that's fine. My problem is the ceiling with Mike Malarkey
Starting point is 00:06:51 I really think is a 10-win season. Because think about this year. This year should be your ceiling season. You've got a division that is missing Andrew Luck. So you've got two wins over Jacoby Brissett. You've got a second game against the Texans with Tom Savage
Starting point is 00:07:09 instead of Deshaun Watson. That's what Deshaun Watson did to the Titans. You've had games against an AFC North division that's really, really bad this year, and the one AFC North team that is good, the Steelers torched them in a Monday night game. Again, we knew coming into the season,
Starting point is 00:07:26 the defense was going to have issues. We thought the offense was going to be good enough to keep pace in some of these games. And we would see some shootouts. Offense has been terrible for most of the year. And then kind of the thing that brings it all together for me is when you look at what the Jaguars are doing this year. Blake Bortles is not a good quarterback.
Starting point is 00:07:44 He's not. All right. Go back and watch Blake Bortles' games for the last couple of are doing this year. Blake Bortles is not a good quarterback. He's not. All right? Go back and watch Blake Bortles' games for the last couple of years before this year. He's terrible. All right? This year, he is winning football games for them. Okay?
Starting point is 00:07:57 Now, granted, their defense is great. And, you know, they're going to win a lot of games based on what that defense does. But Blake Bortles is still putting up numbers. He's still throwing for a lot of yards. He's still throwing touchdown passes. He's throwing touchdown passes to undrafted free agents. I mean, he's got guys out there that he hasn't played with before, and they're able to get on the same page.
Starting point is 00:08:13 They're able to develop chemistry, something that, you know, all these excuses the Titans have for what's going on here. Well, Corey Davis missed camp. Marks and Marty missed the offseason. Eric Decker missed it. DeMarco Murray missed it. Blah, blah, blah. You know, all these excuses we got. And so they don't have the offseason. Eric Decker missed it. DeMarco Murray missed it. Blah, blah, blah. All these excuses we got
Starting point is 00:08:25 so they don't have the continuity, they don't have the chemistry. Week in and week out, we see guys like Blake Bortles go out there. He loses Allen Robinson at the beginning of the year. Marquise Lee has missed a couple of games. Missed the majority of the game Sunday against the Texans where the Jaguars scored 45 points, none of them defensive touchdowns.
Starting point is 00:08:42 Look at Nick Foles in Philadelphia who comes in in his first start and throws four touchdowns. Look at Nick Foles in Philadelphia who comes in his first start and throws four touchdowns. We can go on and on about teams that are able to score points even when they have these things that have worked against them. So that's where I'm more lucky. Every game it's like, well, if Adore Jackson picks off that ball in the end zone or if Eric Walden, if they get the call right there,
Starting point is 00:09:06 you know, whatever, then we have this one play that it hinges on. And, you know, if it would have gone the other way, the Titans would have been able to win. You know who's not talking about that? The Jacksonville Jaguars, who just beat the Texans 45-7, okay? We played the same Texans team. The Titans played the same Texans team two weeks ago. Now, granted, it was with Tom Savage, TJ Yates,
Starting point is 00:09:24 but what's the difference there? And, you know, had to barely squeak out a win. Tom Savage throws for over 300 yards. We're happy because Marcus Mariota, you know, didn't turn the ball over much and threw for over 200 yards, and we're thrilled. Like, that's a great game. It's just so frustrating because last year Marcus Mariota looked like a guy that could put the team on his back and take them somewhere.
Starting point is 00:09:46 And now they've broken him. He's not that guy anymore. And, you know, again, I know that there's always, you know, you make a change, you start over, all that kind of stuff. You have these offensive guys that have gone places, and it hasn't worked out. But when you look at, like, what's going on in Los Angeles with the Rams and what they've been able to do with Sean McVay, after how bad Jared Goff was last year and everybody was ready to give up on him,
Starting point is 00:10:11 under Jeff Fisher, bringing Sean McVay, hey, Jared Goff looks like a legitimate NFL quarterback. You look at what they've been able to do with Carson Wentz in Philadelphia, and I think Carson Wentz is a good player, but he's playing out of his mind to be a second-year guy because they run an offensive system that fits him him Mike Malarkey's not going to do that we have seen that he just refuses to change what he wants to do to tailor to what he has and that's what you have to do in today's NFL and especially when you have a guy who you could
Starting point is 00:10:43 tailor a system for in Marcus Mariota who is a franchise quarterback who you know I get like okay if Tom Savage is my guy I'm not gonna you know say hey Tom what do you want to do we're gonna run whatever you want to run because we think you can take it somewhere you're not gonna do that but they've got Marcus Mariota they've got a guy that can do that and they're not willing to make any adjustments on what they do so that that's that's for me that's where I'm at I'm at like look they're not willing to make any adjustments on what they do so that that's that's for me that's where i'm at i'm at like look they're not going to do anything different they're going to continue to you know give demarco murray way more carries than derrick henry they're going to continue to
Starting point is 00:11:16 run the ball on third and two at the end of the game because they're they're fine with with kicking a field goal there they're going to continue to do those types of things. They're not ever going to change. I just think that being stubborn in today's NFL is the kiss of death. If you can't change and
Starting point is 00:11:37 react to what's going on in front of you, then I think you're going to be stuck where the Titans are stuck. I think that's where they're always going to be as long as Mike Malarkey is the coach. End rant. You feel better about yourself? Yeah, I do.
Starting point is 00:11:52 I feel a little better. Good. Glad you got that off your chest. I do think you were hitting all the nails on the head. I think it's a lack of adaptation. I think it's a lack of adaptation. I think he came in last year with Hrabisky, with a bunch of new pieces up front on the offensive line,
Starting point is 00:12:17 and they ran over people because teams didn't know what was coming at them. So you've seen teams get the film, and you saw this in preseason. If you listen to this pod in preseason, we were all over we said in the beginning there's something wrong here i know it's preseason but this team can't run the football and and that's a problem uh and and it's it's carried over you know outside of three or four big runs from a from a snap toap basis, the Titans aren't running the football. And yet you're still seeing that be their bread and butter. So finally last week you see them go to this no huddle. It's week 15.
Starting point is 00:12:58 What took them that long to get to this point? So that's part of the frustration. It's just a lack of adaptation for me and you gotta ask yourself you know this what i've been saying for two or three weeks now what happens when deshaun watson comes back what happens when andrew luck comes back you're never going to have an easier path to the playoffs so and like you said he's not getting fired i'd be shocked if he did it's just it's not going to happen but you kind of have to think and I like to think
Starting point is 00:13:28 and be proactive about what's coming next the AFC is never going to be this weak again so do you trust Malarkey to get to that next point when everything around him is just going to get stronger so I don't know it's a really
Starting point is 00:13:43 odd place to be in because the record looks great but man look at the teams that he's beaten uh look this team look look the teams that this team has beaten look at the quarterbacks they faced it's just there's not a lot there there's not a lot of substance i know they beat the seahawks but outside of that you know they put it on the jaguars i think that baltimore win was good but outside of those that those put it on the Jaguars. I think that Baltimore win was good, but outside of those few, there's not a lot there. And they haven't won a game that you really feel good about since the Seahawks game.
Starting point is 00:14:15 I mean, that was, what, week three? I mean, they've had some other wins. They've had some nice wins. Getting the winner of the Colts here on Monday night was a big win for this franchise because of the history against the Colts here on Monday night was a big win for this franchise because of the history against the Colts but looking back at that they needed
Starting point is 00:14:30 a miracle they didn't need a miracle in the fourth quarter to win but it took them having a good fourth quarter to win that game that game was still on the balance late in the fourth quarter of that game we can go on and on about that kind of stuff and like you said it's just the refusal to change, and again, the acknowledgement today that, hey, sometimes the no huddle is successful.
Starting point is 00:14:52 Maybe we should do it sometimes more. Like you said, Week 15, it took you that long to figure out. Because like I said, at some point in the middle of this year, they've got to look at it and say, our franchise quarterback looks like a shell of himself out there. Why is that? What can we do to fix that, to make him better? I mean, maybe they had those conversations. I'm not privy to that stuff that they talk about, obviously, inside the building.
Starting point is 00:15:18 But you didn't see anything change on the field to help him, to make him look any different. So, I mean't if they had those conversations i don't i don't know what the result of them was um so yeah and then you got today you got richard matthews coming out and saying that he likes it when marcus calls the shots um referring to you know what they were doing in the two-minute drill because marcus mariotta is the one that calls the plays when they're out there doing that now that that's not i don't think because i got people
Starting point is 00:15:45 or i got one guy on twitter telling me malarkey's lost the locker room i don't think that's true i think these players like mike malarkey but i think they are starting to question why are we doing what we do on offense why are we not making changes when we see when we do something different it seems to work but we refuse to you know make a shift to that i think they're starting to openly ask those questions and now richard matthews granted he's he's one of the few that will that will actually speak up about those kind of things um and you know he said before you know after one game maybe the stewards game i can't remember where malarkey kind of blamed the receivers for a couple of interceptions and you know richard might say well i guess it's always
Starting point is 00:16:23 the receiver's fault so i mean i mean he's one that will speak out but you've you've seen other articles with guys questioning why they're refusing to do some different things to to spark the offense and to get it going so while I don't think that Mike Malarkey has lost his locker room because I think the players really like him I do think that you're starting to get to a point to where if there aren't changes made you could start going down that road to where at least the guys are not bought into or not completely committed to the system that they're being asked to run yeah and and the whole thing for me is how do you come back from this so if you lose out you finish eight and eight how do
Starting point is 00:17:03 you come back from that if you're Terry Hrabisky? I don't think you do. I think they'll make a change there if that's the case, assuming the offense keeps doing what it's doing. So I think they're in need of a fresh idea offensively. But, yeah, it all goes back to Marcus. The fact that this staff has made Marcus look how he's looked over the past month, that's enough for me. That's enough for me to say, all right, I'm out.
Starting point is 00:17:35 And you look at all these, you look at McVay, it's year one. I'm interested to see if he can sustain that success because we've seen year one success. We've seen it out of Vince Young. We've seen it out of Robert Griffin. Kind of new offenses enter the league, and then year two is not the same. So we'll see on that. But the fact is it's not working here in Nashville, and it's year two.
Starting point is 00:18:03 So we've kind of got the same same type deal so how does malarkey adapt and go forward uh we've seen no in-season adjustments like literally none we saw the first one probably this week and that was running the no the no huddle stuff which you said he ran 75 of the time and it worked uh granted that was a bad defense but it was good just to see marcus look like marcus again so uh they've got another opportunity against a defense that's beatable uh in the rams so i'm interested to see if they kind of expand on that uh but i don't i don't know if this this ship can be saved with two games two tough games. So at the very least, don't you see a change in offensive coordinator coming? Yeah, I do.
Starting point is 00:18:51 It's not enough. No, I'm with you. And the whole thing is will Malarkey allow the new guy to come in with new ideas and kind of change up some scheme stuff. And we've seen historically that just doesn't happen. It's kind of, all right, it's a fresh phrase, but he's running the same old stuff. Yeah, absolutely.
Starting point is 00:19:13 And, I mean, he would, if they did bring in an offensive coordinator, he would obviously call plays differently. I mean, even in the same system, you're going to have a guy with different ideas and different, you know, things to run. So, I mean, you know, that's a conversation worth having. But I don't know. And I wonder, too, I mean, I guess you have to give them some credit
Starting point is 00:19:29 because the offense was stalling again in the first half of that game. And then they ran the two-minute draw right before the half, the no huddle. They did well there. And so they decided to come out in the second half. So, I mean, you've got to give them some credit there that they actually were willing to do that. But against Week 15, like, you knew that, you know, and it's the first time that you've been willing to make that adjustment.
Starting point is 00:19:53 So, I don't know. Yeah, I mean, I think that's the way, like you said, I think that's the way we're trending. Obviously, you know, there's still two games to be played, and, you know, if they're willing to run more no huddle or if they're changing things up or whatever then you know maybe it's a different conversation that we're having a couple weeks even if they lose both those games because again i i'm not i don't think that the the wins and the losses
Starting point is 00:20:14 in these last two are necessarily the most important thing as far as how i'm going to view the coaching staff right i mean obviously you want to win and it's important to win and all that stuff and i'm not really talking about moral victories for the franchise. I'm just talking about as far as the coaching staff goes, how they play all these last two games. Because, listen, we're not going to be surprised, right, if the Rams come in here and hang, you know, 35 on this defense.
Starting point is 00:20:39 Nobody's going to be surprised about that, right? Can the Titans score 35 points? I don't think so against the rams you know um but if the titans offense comes out looks good scores whatever you know put what are number of points you want to put on it but they but they look good they look competent marcus looks good all that kind of stuff even if they lose by 10 because the rams scored 35 points we knew the defense wasn't going to be that good this year. I mean, again, that's what's been lost in all this is the defense has really been a whole lot better this year than I thought they were going to be.
Starting point is 00:21:12 So when they're out there getting beat, I'm not really that surprised because I just think there's still a lack of talent on that side of the ball in a few places. So to me, it's more about that and again. And again, I still hope they win. I'm still cheering for them. I still want them to make the playoffs because that would be cool. That would be fun.
Starting point is 00:21:27 We haven't seen a playoff game from this team in, what, nine, ten years. I mean, it's been a long time. So that would be cool even if they lose, even if they get smoked. I mean, at least they made the playoffs. That would be good. But, again, I don't think that's the most important measuring stick for this staff just with the way this season has gone. Do you agree with that?
Starting point is 00:21:47 Does that make sense? Yeah, I totally agree with that. And, you know, making the playoffs is a step. I mean, is it a step? Like, does it really matter if you make the playoffs and go get beat? I don't necessarily buy into that. It's such a hurdle. I think if you're good good you're going to make the
Starting point is 00:22:05 playoffs anyway uh so i'm not sure that there's any experience to be gained there uh obviously pulling for it though i mean hey we thought we were going to get it you know it seemed four weeks ago that it was inevitable uh so to kind of have it ripped out from under us here it it sucks um but this team just flat out doesn't deserve it. And that's the ugly truth right now. Well, two weeks ago, right? I mean, when we sat and looked at needing nine wins, because two weeks ago we kind of broke it all down,
Starting point is 00:22:37 who everybody had left. Say and then, get to nine, you're more than likely going to get in. You've got games against the Cardinals and the 49ers. you just have to split that against two teams that are well below 500 just to split that and you're probably in the playoffs and now you know two weeks later we're thinking they're going to be lucky to get in so yeah it's funny how quickly things change in the nfl so again that's just kind of what we're keeping an eye on as we go forward here and again i just think i think that mike Malarkey has shown his ceiling as a coach.
Starting point is 00:23:06 I think he's shown who he is, what he is. And, again, I think he was – I think he was something that this franchise needed. I think they needed the stabilization in what he's been able to do. But I just don't see them – I just don't see him being able to take them to that next level. All right, coming up we'll talk a little bit about some news, some injury updates and stuff from today's press conference and kind of wrap this up all right so the titans have just
Starting point is 00:23:33 a couple of injury things uh right now they sound like they'll derrick morgan will be back this week he's missed the last two games with it with a knee injury he was able to practice on a limited basis last week but mike markey said he expects him to be back against the ramps and obviously that that helps um he helps the pass rush and it's just another presence out there but you know you gotta you gotta you we can't say enough about the about eric walton and the job that he's done and that was that was a good signing by john robinson because derrick morgan's absence would have been a lot more notable if he wasn't able to get that,
Starting point is 00:24:08 if he wasn't able to get the deal done with Eric Walden. Yeah, we were talking about Kevin Dodd getting those snaps, and I really don't think that would have gone very well. Although he made a play on Sunday. He made a play. He made a play. Twitter lit up when Dodd made a play. So that was the first play that literally he's ever made.
Starting point is 00:24:28 He made one against the Lions last year, so he's now made two plays. Two plays in two years, man. He's coming along. Solid pace. Anyway, Logan Ryan, who missed the end of the game on Sunday after suffering an ankle injury, he is considered day-to-day. Like I said, he'll be reevalvaluated on Wednesday he didn't sound too too worried about him missing the game so obviously you know with this Rams attack that is
Starting point is 00:24:52 it's coming to Nashville they need to be at full strength in the secondary so hopefully he'll be able to go and then Carl Klug injured his groin in the game and he's not expected to play but again he's not he's a rotational piece but he's not anything that i think is a huge loss for this team uh was there anything else here i know we were talking a little bit about mike malarkey's press conference today was there anything else that stood out from you from what he said today uh what was what was the quote he had that titans need to focus and they need to play better yeah yeah so you know last week week he came at us with – what did he say last week? I forget now. The mistakes are fixable.
Starting point is 00:25:29 Oh, yeah, yeah. The mistakes are very – Easily fixable. Easily fixable. Yeah, well, you know, it's week 14. You can go ahead and do that. So, no, we were talking a little bit about Mike Malarkey's press conferences. He was kind of standoffish and combative today.
Starting point is 00:25:43 So he's a guy that is kind of lovable when things are going well. But we're kind of seeing his true colors come out when things aren't going so well. So that's kind of interesting to watch. He kind of threw a dory under the bus there, talking about the pick that he didn't make at the end zone, which I was telling Jimmy, you know, I don't really like that, especially with a rookie cornerback who's just kind of finding his footing in the NFL.
Starting point is 00:26:10 He doesn't need to hear that. I mean, that seemed kind of like a low blow to me. Yeah, I'm with you. And, you know, again, I don't know. Yeah, it sure would be great if he makes the play in the game. It's probably different if he does, if the Eric Walden thing is again. I mean, I think Eric Walden made the interception. I think it's fairly clear.
Starting point is 00:26:36 You know, I get the rule, joint possession, goes to receiver, all that kind of stuff. But I don't think when they got to the ground that the ball was in joint possession. Now, they wrestled around after they got on the ground, and it was at that point, but that's not what's supposed to matter. What's supposed to matter is where the ball is when they get to the ground. And I think there are some views that, at least I saw today on Twitter, they were pretty clear that Eric Walden had the ball when they went to the ground. But, again, like I just wish that we weren't week in and week out, you know,
Starting point is 00:27:03 pointing to these one things that the Titans needed that to go their way in order to win the game. Why don't they go out there and make their own breaks and have a game where they're up by a couple of scores, and so even if they miss out on a call from the refs, they're able to overcome it and still win. And they've done that at times this year. It's just more magnified in the last couple of games when they haven't been able to do that.
Starting point is 00:27:25 But, man, I would just love to see a team that plays with a bigger margin for error than what it seems like this team is doing right now. And, again, it just feels like so much of that is because of the way they run the offense. Yeah, and like you were saying, the Jags are beating people by 30. And that's a big deal. So we haven't seen that out of the titans i guess we've seen it once and ironically against the jags um but you know we you haven't seen it since so go blow somebody out you know you're always going to get these these sneaky games any given
Starting point is 00:27:58 sunday type games you know where where the cardinals went out and beat the jags uh the dolphins snuck up and beat the patriots. You're always going to get those. You're going to get one or two a year. But the Titans are playing down to the Texans, to the banged-up Colts. You know, so they needed overtime to beat the Browns. So, you know, it's become a trend with this team. It's not an any-given Sunday, and it's not a win is a win is a win. No, this team is just bad, and they're playing bad teams.
Starting point is 00:28:29 They've finally been bitten by it. Yeah, absolutely. That's the thing that is bothering me. I'm not sure how it's going to get much better. I'm not sure how it's going to set up much better for the Titans than it has this year. They at least haven't been able to take advantage of better for the Titans than it has this year. They at least haven't been able to take advantage of it
Starting point is 00:28:47 to the tune of winning an AFC South. I don't know. We'll see. Terry, anything else before we get out tonight? That's all I got. Tomorrow, we will start to get a little bit into the Rams preview. You can check out Locked on Rams
Starting point is 00:29:04 as well. I think Terry's going to be on with them at some point this week talking about this game. So be sure and check that out as well because I'm sure they'll be talking a lot about the Titans. Again, it's an interesting spot for the Rams. We'll talk about this tomorrow night. But it's an interesting spot for them because they've had a couple of big games in a row.
Starting point is 00:29:18 Now they've got to come across the country and play the Titans. So it'll be interesting to see what Rams team we get on Sunday. But, I mean, the Titans obviously can't be worried about that. They've got enough issues of their own to fix. So, again, we really appreciate you listening to Locked on Titans. You can check us out, again, muselymiracles.com. Follow us on Twitter. I'm at jmorrismcm.
Starting point is 00:29:39 Terry is at tlambertfb. We have a ton of content surrounding the Titans every day. So follow us at those places and be sure. And again, subscribe on iTunes so that you get these episodes as soon as they're published. So for Terry, this is Jimmy Stan.
Starting point is 00:29:53 Thanks for listening to Locked on Titans. And we'll talk to you tomorrow.

There aren't comments yet for this episode. Click on any sentence in the transcript to leave a comment.