Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans Cam Ward CORRECTIONS vs Colts, Defensive Line Depth Issues & Colts Self-Destruction

Episode Date: October 22, 2025

The Tennessee Titans take on the Indianapolis Colts for a second time this season and if they hope to pull a massive upset, Cam Ward will need to correct some of his issues from Week 7, like turnovers and footwork. However, the Titans defense will also have to find a way to stop the run. That starts with T'Vondre Sweat in the middle who will have a tough task against the Colts offensive line that has been excellent this year. Finally, the Titans are massive underdogs this week and they will need the old-school trio of turnovers, time of possession and minimal mistakes to find a way to pull off a shocker. Subscribe to the TicTacTitans Film Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@TicTacTitans TicTacTitans Merchandise: https://dixons-dream.square.site/shop/tictactitans-gear/C3AAPNWXSXA6SBYG3USV2I7R?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc Follow Tyler on Twitter @TicTacTitans Follow the show on Facebook @LockedOnTitansPod Subscribe to the Locked On Titans YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LockedOnTitans/videos Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!PelotonLet yourself run, lift, flex, and push forward. Explore the new Peloton Cross Training Tread+ today at https://www.onepeloton.com.RipplingGet Rippling FREE for 6 months. Terms and conditions apply. See site for details: https://app.rippling.com/legal/promotermsPrizePicksDownload the PrizePicks app today and use code LOCKEDONNFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup.Click Here: https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/LOCKEDONNFLGametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNFL for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime.FanDuelRight now, new customers can bet just FIVE dollars and if your bet wins—you’ll get THREE HUNDRED dollars in bonus bets to use across the app.FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

The Colts host the Titans this weekend, and although these two teams just played a month ago, there's still plenty of that needs to be addressed before Sunday afternoon. Let's get to it. You are Locked on NFL crossover, part of the Locked On Podcast Network. Your team every day. All right. Thanks for tuning in and making us your first listen of the day. This is a collaboration of your daily podcast covering your Indianapolis Colts and the Tennessee Titans.

Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day. Crossover Thursday, as always, is presented by Price Picks. Download the Price Picks app today and use code Locked on NFL to get 50 bucks in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. Welcome to the show, everybody. I am Jake Arthur of Locked on Colts in the Colts. beat writer for roundtable sports joined today by tyler roland of locked on titans and the tick titans youtube channel if you're looking for all the xes and o's on the titans if you're a team that's about to face the titans and you need to understand them more he is absolutely a must follow we are

going to take you through this journey that is the second act of colts and titans today we're going to talk about like what's the most consequential things in either side winning this thing What are the biggest matchups that are going to happen? But right now, we're going to get into just, like, what are the vibes? What are the main things going on for both sides? Now, again, it was week three that these two teams faced. The Colts won healthily, but some things have changed. The Colts lost their first game since then.

The Titans won their first game since then and fired head coach Brian Callahan. And shoot this week, Tyler Lockett is out the door now, Tyler. So what's going on with the Titans right now? like, what's the general vibe? What do you got to tell us about this team going into this week? Vives are down bad. Fives are not good. I would say that, you know,

it's at that point in the season where any veteran player needs to be looking over his shoulder. You might be traded out of here. You might be demoted in favor of a younger player because at this point, the Titans know they're not making the playoffs. And that's always something. Look, we could sit here and say, like, you know, it's obvious they aren't making the playoffs.

You knew that a month ago. Like, I can hear the Colts fans in the comments already. But that's not how NFL players and NFL coaches think. They think as long as, you know, we're even close, we have a chance. I mean, the Titans did go 2 and 4 in 2019 and then make a run all the way to the AFC championship game. So, crazier things have happened. But once you get to 1 and 6, you know,

now we're talking about an uphill battle that's probably insurmountable, especially when they look around. These guys know what kind of team they're on. So right now, I think what you're really looking for is which veteran players can you kind of pass up and get younger players in the lineup. Tyler Lockett falls in that bucket.

Chim D.K., Titans 4th round wide receiver out of Florida. I had kind of a, I don't want to call it a breakout performance, I guess, but kind of an announcement, I would call it of anything of like, hey, I'm a pretty good player. Like, I should get more opportunities as a wide receiver when he's been a special teams guy for the most part throughout the year. him and Lockett play the same position. But I would say outside of just the general vibes being bad

and wondering who's going to quit figuratively and literally out on the field, in the locker room, stuff like that, you kind of are going to start seeing the young players play. And, you know, there are more storylines here and we'll continue the conversation. But you got to see Cam Ward play better as well. Cam kind of gave you the good, bad, and the ugly in the previous game against the Patriots where you show.

You saw like the immense talent, that he has and some of the great plays that he can make, but he also showed you the worst that he's capable of with inaccuracy and ball handling and things like that. So it's kind of just like, is this team going to have pride in itself going forward? Are they going to stay trying to be competitive in these games? Or is it going to get even worse?

Because it could get even worse here, especially going up against a Colts offense. It's been a buzzsaw against the NFL throughout the first seven weeks. Yeah, and I'm kind of in your boat. Like, obviously coaches are not. never going to try and throw things or not put the most competent players on the field. Right. If I'm in your in your seat there and clearly things are in an evaluation period right now,

you know, the coach is obviously already out. I would want to see the younger players who might factor into the future a bit more like Jim D.K is someone I liked, I hadn't seen him much before the senior bowl, but he caught my eye there. And then he's been real explosive like a kick returner. Oh, yeah. He's been excellent. He might be the pro bowl returner in the A.

this year. He's been awesome in that regard. Yeah. Did he get special teams player the week one week? Did I see that right? Yeah. So, no, that's a good young player. I mean, Tyler Lockett is someone you would have hoped more from, but things worked out how they worked out. And then, yeah, I didn't have much hope for it. If I'm

honest with you, you're bringing a 34 year old Tyler Lockett and they're like, well, he's good and scramble drills and he knows how to separate and I'm like, at 34 though, you know, like, come on. And I'm surprised it took this long for them to get ChimDK involved, but you know, the Titans don't do much right, if I'm honest. So I guess it shouldn't be surprising.

Well, you got to get at least one super over the hill receiver in there per year. It's a Titans requirement. Yeah, well, the Colts used to do that as well. I mean, Andre Johnson had to stop with the Colts first. But no, for the Colts, obviously the offense has not really been stopped at any point yet. I mean, they had their most takeups against the Rams, not only loss, but even generally, they were able to be productive. So there's really not much to write home about there, other than, like, will they get Josh Downs back from the concussion that caused him to miss last week? Even in that first meeting, he hadn't really heated up yet. I think he only had two catches for 34 yards. He's been way more productive since then,

but missed last week with a concussion. So you hope to get a guy like that back. They were able to kind of work around him not being out there. So we'll see how that goes. But offense, I'm not super concern defense is where you got to kind of look at the colts right now and wonder what you're getting strategically they can't really do what they want and there are things that are kind of working against each other so the pass rush is is winning eventually like their pressure rates are pretty decent but they're not getting home for sacks because they're not winning quickly right and then the amount of injuries they've gotten the secondary they don't really trust those guys to play a lot of man coverage so they're playing more zone the man

coverage can't really help the pass rush get home and the pass rush is not getting home quick enough for the secondary to not have to cover too long and it's a whole thing because like justin herbert had a career high like 420 passing yards last yeah last that week and herbert's a guy that is already a gaudy passer and has been throughout his career so to see him put up a career high is a little bit concerning. The Colts still won by two scores. But you just wonder what defense you're getting this week. And I mean, Cam Ward is still like a gunslinger will always be dangerous to me. Like a guy that's willing to throw any ball. He's not, he's not going to play scared. So like I think you still have to be cognizant of what a guy like that can do. And you got to

get home with the pressure. I mean, they got the four sacks in week three. But yeah, defensively, it's just kind of about what Colts defense you're getting this week. And I know this sounds crazy, but in that matchup, in week three, I would say it was one of the best Titans offensive line performances of the year. Now, Latu wasn't out there. So, you know, that obviously is going to make it more difficult. But the Titans gave up four sacks, and two of them were probably Cam Ward's fault explicitly

for not getting rid of the football quicker, which is something that, you know, rookie quarterbacks do struggle with is the speed of the game and being on time and all of that. So the Titans offensive line actually had a decent performance against the Colts, even though the Colts won by, you know, 21 points in that one. So it's fair to look at that and wonder how the Colts will respond in this matchup and if they could take more advantage of an offensive line that struggled. Yeah.

And so obviously the Wednesday injury report is not, at the point we're speaking, it's not out yet. But Jeffrey Simmons and Legerius Sneed, what's going on there? Does that look like they might miss a little time or did they just get knocked out of last? expect them to miss time. So Legerius Sneed missed most of last season with a quad injury, and it sounds like he might have re-injured it. I don't know if you're going to see Legerius Sneed again this year. He's the type of guy who will quit on the team. Like, he'll just be like, oh, I'm hurt. I'm not playing. I'm out. I got my money. They're going to

cut me in the offseason. Why would I come back anyway? I don't expect to see Sneed the rest of the year. That's who he is. But Jeffrey Simmons is a guy who does implicitly care about the team. So I would expect him to come back. But I mean, after he got hurt against the Patriots, after 12 plays with a hamstring injury. He was immediately on the sideline. No helmet, hat, not playing. Like, it seemed very quick that they ruled him out. And then they got him in halftime,

probably did some scans and things like that. And it was like, yeah, he's out for the game. He's not coming back, period. I would imagine that Jeffrey Simmons, and the way DeNard Wilson, the Titans defensive coordinator, was talking yesterday in the press conference, I would not expect to see Jeffrey Simmons in this one.

So if Colts fans, you know, if there are any Colts fans out there who are like, I don't know, trap game, get rid of those fears. You'll be all right. I don't expect Jeffrey Simmons to play in this one. Oh, boy, if that's a, that makes a bad situation for the Titans worse, certainly. He's their only good player. So he's literally the only good player on the team. Peter Skoronski is like baby Colton, Quentin Nelson. You know what I mean? Like he's like a lower version of

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Again, that's promo code L-O-C-K-E-D-O-N-N-FL-N-FL-N-FL-E-L-N-FL-E-L-N-FL-E-L-L-N-F-E-L-L-E-L-E-T-E-T-E. Welcome back every dayers of Locked on Colts and Locked on Titans. We are breaking down this, what is it, week eight now? Week eight, man. This match-up between the Colts and the Titans Chapter 2, you know, they played back in week three. So, Tyler, you know, when we're talking about matchups, whether it's a group or player on player, it could be advantageous or just something that's super interesting to you. What do you look at with these matchups here? Well, at least from the Titans defensive side of the ball to the Colts offensive side of the ball. I'm looking at Tavondre sweat against

the interior offensive line in the Colts. Obviously, some replacements there that you guys made in the season, Will Fries being out, Ryan Kelly being out. You jump in there. with Tanner Bordellini. And I, even since the draft, is it gonclaves or gonclaves? It's Gonzalez. I mean, what are we doing now? No, no one, I don't think I've ever talked to anyone outside of people who digest Colts content regularly that has said it right.

I've actually been asked about that a bunch of times. That's like the fifth pronunciation version that I've heard. And the previous four weren't even right. But anyway, they've done a really good job. And I thought that would be a weakness, obviously. not Quentin Nelson, but the other two, you know, new additions. I thought that could be potentially a weakness for the Colts this year. And with the coaching and the offensive design and what they're doing,

it has not been a weakness at all. That offensive line has been a massive strength, and those guys have done a great job. But Devonre Sweat came back last week. He had a slow start to the game against the Patriots, but he played a lot better in the second half. Played 37 snaps, and anybody who knows Tevonre Sweat is a big boy. You know what I mean?

So coming back after missing four straight games, He missed a ton of time with, I think it was, he had his tonsils out, I believe it was, which is actually a pretty dangerous thing for an adult, and it can have you hurt for a while. So he missed a ton of time in like the preseason and training camp with that. So his conditioning was always a question coming out of college and with these extra issues, you would think it would be an issue, but he played a lot better later in the game. And, you know, if Jeffrey Simmons is going to be out, one of the only remaining talented players on the defensive line, especially

Femiola Deja, their second round pick is on IR. I don't know how much we're going to see Draymont Jones, Arden Key, Jihad Ward, if the Titans are trying to kind of protect them for potential trades, which is something I think has been going on the last few weeks. The Titans' defensive line just doesn't have a ton of talent, and the Colts obviously ran the ball down the Titans' throat last time.

The Colts have run the ball down the Titans' throat a ton in all of their recent matchups. So, Tevandre Sweat can be one of the things that you could look at and say, hey, if the Titans are going to be better against the run, if they're going to disrupt Daniel Jones from the interior, which is what really can give him problems, Tevondre Sweat needs to have a massive game.

And pun intended, you know what I mean? He needs to have a massive game in there. But that is something that if the Titans were to find a way to pull off an upset, it would start with stopping the run, getting interior pressure on Daniel Jones to force maybe some mistakes. And Tevandre Sweat got a sack on Drake.

last week, had a really nice swim move in the middle to get pressure, had some run stops as well. So if Tavondre sweat were to have, you know, some sort of breakout performance or something like that against the interior offensive line on the courts and man, watching some of the film of Nelson and Bordellini in particular working those combo blocks, getting to the second level. Like, you know, it could be destructive for an offense. So not only can sweat make plays himself, but he's able to eat those blocks and keep the linebackers clean, that can help and run defense as well. So I'm looking at Tavondre sweat against the interior offensive line of the Colts, which is absolutely excellent this year. Yes, what will be one of the more physically

imposing interior guys they've played so far? Certainly a good test. I mean, to the benefit of the Colts, at least it's not Simmons and Sweat. So take that for what it is. One that kind of caught my eye was Tyler Warren versus the Titans back sentence. So he had his least productive game of the season so far, three for 38 back in week three. I don't, you know, looking back, I don't know if it was necessarily they just kind of decided to, you know, shift some focus to him or he just wasn't as much part of the plan or just wasn't getting the ball as much. But I'm curious to see if he steps back up to more of like the six catch, 60 yard area, which is more of his, his average, because he's obviously the biggest X factor, you know, both as a blocker in that. diverse run game that the Colts run but also you know last week they had these bootlegs where he had 29 yard a catch and run twice on it in critical times and it's like gosh it seems so easy

for them to just dial that up and get whatever they want out of it um but just like the plan of attack in general because i was going to maybe get to this at the top but you know no geoffrey simmons no legarius sneed that's obviously a very depleted type in secondary you mentioned the player they're maybe not using as much either. Do the Colts just try and run this down and like get in and out of the game quickly with Jonathan Taylor? Like, is it really going to be just that simple? I think it is.

I think it can be that simple. The Titans have a bottom five run defense and the problems with the run defense not only are not getting fixed, but they're going to get worse with no Jeffrey Simmons. You know what I mean? And I think one of the big problems with the Titans run defense is the linebackers and the safeties have been terrible.

Cody Barton, really cool personality, the miced-up videos in the preseason, he's helping guys, he's teaching, he seems like a lively personality, all that. Seems like a really fun guy to have on your football team until you watch and play. And I got to give credit to my guy Will Lomas for Titan size. He set it online and I keep repeating it because it's so right. Cody Barton runs like he has glass in his cleats. Like he is so slow. He can't get off blocks.

He is just not getting downhill whatsoever. And when you can't get downhill to win with speed. and you can't get off blocks, you just can't win. And he's getting moved around. And Cedric Gray, the Titan's second-year linebacker, has been fantastic this year. But he's the only real run-and-chase linebacker that they have. So if you run away from him or you can get somebody to his body first,

it's going to be tough. So I think it does, it could be a simple game plan for the Colts here where they really just focus on, let's get tight ends on the field, let's run the football, let's make this nice and simple. And the Titans have been so susceptible to that play action bootleg. every single week, teams just get whatever they want on those. So I think you can really have kind of a simple,

you know that this is the case. Certain coaches will not show certain things if they don't want to. And I don't think that the Colts need to get deep in their bag in this game to have a lot of success on offense. So I do think we could see a simple game plan where they don't pull out some of their exotic stuff until later games when they feel like they need it.

Because I don't think that the Titans can stop the run. They haven't stopped the run all year and against, you know, the best rushing attack of the entire NFL without your best player on the field on the defensive line. I think it makes it even more difficult. Yeah, another one, you could tell me about this a little more. We talked about him, you know, early on. Jim D.K. So he's going to be out of the slide.

Is that right? Yes, correct. Okay. So Kenny Moore is not necessarily 100%. He came back last week from being three games off in that Titans game, actually, with an Achilles injury. So D.K. reminds me a little bit of Troy Franklin. from the Broncos. They present some similar challenges to defenses, I think.

And Franklin had a good performance against the Colts back in week, too. So, D.K. is a guy I'm a little worried about. Yeah, I think that's fair. And especially with how, you know, Lou Aniromo is probably going to crowd the line of scrimmage. It could create one-on-one matchups down the field, and DK is a four-three speed guy, got loose for a big touchdown last week on a little bit of a corner post route where it kind of fake the defensive backfield to the right. and then cut it back to the left.

The problem is are the Titans going to have time to run those? But I agree. I think that is a matchup where the Colts secondary has been good, but the speed is a bit of a question. It's not like they have a bunch of burners back there nonstop. So maybe if you can get guys going one way and flip them back the other way, that can create opportunities. But you've got to hope that DK, well, I'm sure Colts fans aren't hoping,

but if you're the Titans, you've got to hope that even the thought of DK, getting back behind the defensive secondary will open up some things over the middle for a guy like Gunner Helm or Elyke I-O-Man or Van Jefferson, like it has to kind of work together like a gravity-type deal where you're bringing those guys to you. But I think that is the one thing the Colts will be focused on because the one thing you can't do with a team that struggles on offense is give them deep explosive plays to kind of cheat the game.

You know what I mean? You've got to make them earn it at that point. So I think that will be something to watch. Can the Titans hit a couple of those deep? But they haven't done it much all year, so if the Colts are on their P's and Q's, they probably should be able to tamp that down. yeah one area i i keep adding more more to this but we should probably be on gunner helm watch

because ironday gatson went nuts last week so if they let him play i'm not a bad guy yeah i love gunner helm i think he should have been playing way more all year his snaps are finally starting to get closer to chikonkwo when there was a big gap early in the year and i'm hoping that continues going that way and you're right you know the colts are susceptible i think the colts have good linebackers and stuff but i think they are susceptible over the middle of the field and yards after catch opportunities from these tight ends. So if you could use DK to kind of back people up, use a play action fake to pull the linebackers up,

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Every dayers of Locked on Colts and Locked on Titans. We are taking you through this journey that is Colts and Titans this Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. So we've hit on it a little bit here. We don't want to give the Titans zero chance to win. And they are quite heavy, quite heavy underdogs on the sports books. But just out of respect for the guys that are going to. going out there on the field.

You know, what? If the Titans are going to win, hypothetically, what will they have to do right? Well, I think the reality is, you know, they're going to need the Colts to play bad. Like when you're a team like the Titans that is less talented, worse coaching, missing some of your highest paid players, like, well, Calvin Ridley come back and play in this game. They didn't have Calvin Ridley last week or really for the last two weeks because he went out early. So, you know, when you're a team that's not good already and you're, missing your best players that you have of limited talent, uh, it makes it even more difficult.

So it's like the Titans aren't going to be able to just go out there and play their best ball and win because their best is still probably not good enough to beat the Colts worst at this time. What they really need is the Colts to play an absolutely miserable game. They need, you know, a couple of stupid mistakes, a muffed punt, a couple missed kicks, a shanked kickoff to give them good field position, turnovers from the offensive side of the ball. Like, if the Titans play their best game and the Colts play their absolute worst, then there is a chance. You know what I mean?

There's at least, you're telling me there's a chance. You know what I mean? Like, they got a second. So I think it's a classic underdog playbook, and it's funny because I feel like I say this every week, but it is the reality of where the Titans are at. They're going to need to win the turnover battle by two, I think at minimum.

You can't just win one to nothing or two to one. The Titans need to win the turnover battle by two. they need a big special teams play, whether it's a kickoff return, a punt return, a punt block for a big field position swing, something like that. They need those things. And then ultimately, again,

they need the Colts to make some big time mistakes and they need a couple drop passes in big moments. Daniel Jones to make a Camp Ward type play where he just fumbles the ball out of nowhere for no reason. You know, you're going to need some things that are unexpected. So I think while the Titans, it's a division game, 14 and a half points on Fandul. I mean, that is a lot.

14 and a half is a lot. But at the end of the day, I think it's fair with how the teams are playing. But as a division game, weird stuff always happens. There's weird stuff that often happens between these two teams in one way or another. So if the Colts play a bad game

and the Titans get some of that classic underdog mojo with turnovers and special teams, then they have a shot, you know, any given Sunday, I guess. But with how bad, the Titans have been and how consistently good the Colts have been. It is, you know, one of the biggest mismatches of the entire NFL season. Yeah, it's, I mean, there's not many other ways to paint it, you know.

For the Colts, I do think they would have to have basically a game like they had against the Giants at the end of last season. There was zero reason for the Colts to lose that game, but it's like they didn't even get off the bus. And every positive thing that could happen for the Giants did happen. And everything the Colts could do wrong, they did. did it. So it probably would be something like that. But, you know, the Titans, they were a team that took advantage of, like, the Cardinals. When the Cardinals were melting down in the second half,

that's how the Titans came back and won. So just taking advantage of opportunities and the weird bounces going your way, like that interception that was fumbled into the end zone and Tyler Lockett, like the weird stuff like that, like you mentioned, the hidden points, like the special teams, those weird misnomer's there. For the Colts, I'm curious. I mean, you don't ever want to take any any opponent lightly but like do they just kind of go for the mercy kill where they run the ball 30 plus times and like make this the quickest game of the season or like do they try and do their thing you know like paint paint the defense with the passing game in the first half and then use john and taylor in the second half like what's going to be their

mode of attack i again i would run it 30 times established taylor and amir abdula whatever running backs they're going to have available to them because they've had some injuries behind Taylor. Get those guys going early and often. Defensively make the pressures count. Again, I had mentioned the zone defense is not really allowing the pass rush to have a lot of time to get the quarterbacks. They're getting pressured, but they're getting rid of the ball first. So make those pressures count. You know, they got to ward four times back in week three. Just do that again. J.C. Latham didn't play in that matchup, so that kind of changes things a little bit. Let's see. I also think, again, a hidden thing is keeping Tijey Spears

and Pollard in check a little bit. Spears wasn't in that first matchup, and he historically plays the Colts pretty well. So from the Colts, those are kind of the biggest things I've got my eyes on. Yeah, I mean, that's completely fair. As long as they play a clean game, the odds are they should be able to kind of salt it away by the fourth quarter at least. And the Titans have been a team that really struggles in the first quarter despite last week they had a good performance and made people believe the titans always do just enough you could go into the game thinking oh the titans are going to lose this one there's no way they're winning and then they'll do something like come out and get out to a 10-3 lead or 13-3 lead and you're like oh they can win and

then they lose by 20 again and they somehow they do just enough to find a way to make you mad even when you don't think that they have a chance so i i could see something like that happening there. But the Colts should be able to, you know, get enough of a lead by halftime where they can kind of pull back a little in the second half. And the low possibility that they make massive mistakes goes down even more when you go to a conservative game plan if it's possible. So I think that's what the Colts are hoping for game script was. Yeah, they always prefer to get into that milking the clock scenario in the second half. That's Shane's ideal scenario each and every week. So if they get that early,

I would certainly expect to see that. All right, everybody. So hopefully we have set the table for you. Well, we'll obviously have more content for you guys before the game. Thanks again for making locked on Colts and Locked on Titans, your first listen of the day. And obviously, we're in the throws of the NFL season. So for your next listen, get a double dose of the Locked on NFL podcast.

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