Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans Cam Ward REAL GROWTH vs. Top-Ranked Texans, JC Latham Reality & Kevin Winston Debut

Episode Date: November 18, 2025

The Tennessee Titans may have taken another loss on Sunday, but the narrative surrounding Cam Ward was completely wrong. Ward played a very solid game and showed real growth in a number of areas that should have Titans fans very encouraged. Ward displayed understanding and a patience approach while incorporating his legs more often and continuing to show off his arm talent. This should be a game we use to show why Ward CAN be the answer, not the opposite. Also, all the talk about JC Latham after the game was negative as he had four penalties, but the reality is Latham had a very good game when it comes to the actual plays and that should be something we are excited about because the penalty issue is more correctable than poor play. Finally, on defense, Kevin Winston got his first real start at safety and looked promising. His explosive is evident and he can make big plays as he gets more comfortable. 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.PrizePicksDownload 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) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Don't listen to the noise. Cam Ward played well against the Houston Texans and the film shows that he's growing up right in front of our eyes. I'll explain what happened on today's edition of Locked on Titans. You are Locked on Titans, your daily Tennessee Titans podcast, part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day. Welcome to the Locked on. Titans podcast. I am your host Tyler Rowland Titans fans. Today's edition of the Locked on Titans

podcast is brought to you by Fandul. Right now new customers can bet just $5 and if your bet wins, you'll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app on today's show. We are going to go into the tape. I'm going to tell you what I saw on film from the Tennessee Titans. We're going to talk about why I think the Texans game is a clear sign that Cam Ward is growing and progressing as a quarterback, and I'll give specific examples in three different areas. Also, we'll talk about the reality with J.C. Latham. He played a lot better in the Texans game than the conversation would lead you to believe, but that doesn't mean it was perfect.

So we'll look at the good and the bad from the Texans' performance for the Titans' Young Wright tackle, and Kevin Winston got his first start as a Tennessee Titan. I was incredibly impressed. I'll tell you exactly what I saw on tape from the Titans' rookie safety. Before we dive into it all, do want to thank you for making Locked on Titans, your first listen, and thank you for making the Locked on Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network. Remember, it's Monday through Friday, Tennessee Titans content all year round,

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But with all the preamble out of the way, let's dive into what I saw on tape from Cam Ward and I'm going to put the actual plays and the actual film that I got together on the TikTok Titans YouTube channel on Tuesday night so make sure that you guys go check that out as well but we saw it all. We saw the insane arm talent from Cam Ward

that we expected to see. But not only did we see the insane arm talent and some of the outrageous throws that we got from Cam Ward I counted seven outrageous throws and moments that we got from Cam Ward. But what impressed me most was his ability to just play quarterback. Just the simple, standard stuff. Make the simple things look simple. And I think one of the big problems I've had with Cam Ward's performance so far this year is

some of the simple things, some of the quick screen, some of the quick progression, some of the get the ball out of your hands quick when you can see what the defense is giving you. Cam's got to get quicker and get the ball out faster and quite frankly over the last few weeks he has We have seen this is completion percentage go way up in the last month of the season We have seen him consistently take advantage of easy opportunities that the defense is getting him quicker. It's not just about dumping it off to the running back and taking your checkdowns and all these things It's about getting through that process faster so that when you get the ball to your checkdown you get the ball to the quick option. You get the ball to the pressure release against the Blitz.

That guy actually has an opportunity to do something. It's about Cam Ward figuring these things out quicker. And that's what I saw on the tape that had me, I wouldn't say at most impressed because some of the big time throws are absolutely ridiculous and we'll talk about those. But again, it's the mundane, the boring, the simple stuff that Cam Ward executed at a higher level than I've seen him execute so far this season. The quick RPO throw to Calvin Ridley to start the game. He went through his progressions and got to a third read on a backside dig, a deep in-rout to Van Jefferson, hitting in the flat to Tony Pollard and a three-level zone concept

where you've got Tony Pollard short, Chigocanquo medium, you got a deep option and you're going against a zone defense on the sideline and it's just which guy is open. It's a levels concept. Hit it to Tony Pollard, but do it. quickly, he had a great, accurate, we know that Cam Ward has been a little wonky on his accuracy all over the field, quite frankly, but on those screen passes, those short passes, those quick hitters on the wide receiver screens and things like, he's been a little inconsistent there. Perfect accuracy to Chim D.K. and Elicio Manor on wide receiver screens. A great running back screen to Tajay Spears that gave him the opportunity to break a bunch of tackles and get up the field.

He dumped one off to Tajay, a quick out to Gunner. Helm where Gunner Helm ran a nasty route but Cam was right on time right on target Helm catches it turns up the sideline gains 10 yards from a six yard catch that's exactly what we want the quick sit down to Van Jefferson on third down in the second half to move it forward he went through his progressions to help hit Gunner Helm on the back side on a play and on that final drive late in the quarter Cam Ward is just hammering a quick slant home to Gunner Helm on a third and sure hammering a ball into Van Jefferson on a third and short

to keep things going. The touchdown to Van Jefferson was finally a man-beating concept at the goal line where the Titans run one of those rub routes, where Mason Kinsey is basically picking the defender to allow Van Jefferson to beat man coverage into the flat. Cam Ward's perfectly on time, right to Van Jefferson's hands, he turns up, gets the two yards, and scores a touchdown. Like, I know that these throws that I just ran down, these throws are not the highlight plays. They aren't the ones you're going to remember. They aren't the ones that has everybody going, ooh and ah, on Twitter.

The video that I put out on Twitter with a quick clip-up of the best throws that Cam Ward made in the game, everybody goes crazy, you know what I mean? But when I put the mundane stuff that actually is more impressive to me, it's not going to be quite as poppy. And I understand why, but at the same time, the things that we have seen flashes of incredible arm talent and incredible throws from Cam Ward.

But it's the mundane, the simple, get through the progressions quickly hit the checkdown drop it off to your player so that they can get six yards on first and 10 and set up a second and four rather than a second and eight doing that stuff quicker and doing it more consistently and being more accurate on the simple throws

that is actually what I have wanted to see from Cam Ward and him being able to do that against the number one defense in the NFL to me was a great sign that he is growing up because it's not about having the talent to make the big time throws. You know why a guy like Davis Mills comes in and plays decent football for the Texans?

You know why you saw Garner-Menschu almost get the Indianapolis Colts to the playoffs a couple of weeks ago? You know why sometimes you see the backup quarterback come in a Mason Rudolph instead of Will Levis and Andy Dalton instead of Bryce Young last year? You know why that happens? Because a big part of playing quarterback in the NFL

isn't the miraculous plays. It isn't the big time throws. It's being able to do the mundane, the boring stuff with consistency every single time. Tom Brady didn't have a freaking hose like Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen has. He doesn't have the mobility of a Josh Allen or a Tim Tebow or a Lamar Jackson or something like that. But these guys were able to succeed and you see these great quarterbacks. Aaron Rogers, Matt Stafford, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning. They're able to have long careers where they're still.

successful late into their careers. Why? They aren't as athletically gifted as they used to be. Their arms aren't as strong as they were in their physical prime. It's because mentally they're so capable of doing the mundane and the boring things so well that they succeed. So these boring, quote unquote boring plays that Cam Ward was able to succeed with have me so excited because these are the things that he wasn't doing with consistency early in the year.

The plays that were bad for the offense that I saw, yes, Cam had one. or two throws that weren't very good. There were one or two, maybe three balls batted down at the line of scrimmage. Those are absolute, you have the strip sack fumble that happened. Those are at, there's six or seven bad plays for Cam Warder, just not good plays in this game. I'm not denying that at all, but the level of consistency with the operation and just doing the easy stuff or the simple stuff right, that had me most excited. And then you guys have been screaming for him to use his legs more.

And look, there are people out there saying design runs and things like. I'd like to see a short yardage read option where Cam Ward can pick up two or three yards for a touchdown or a first down. But they shouldn't be running design quarterback sweeps and quarterback counter and quarterback punch and blast and stuff like that with Cam Ward. But he does need to use his legs more like Baker Mayfield, where it's there. Slide up in the pocket rather than out to the right side or out to the left side. Slide up and through the pocket and gain yards. And we saw three times in this game. Cam had a big run, he had a medium run, and then he had a short run on the final drive

where he kept yardage gained in the red zone, which turned out to be huge. Like, seeing Cam Ward uses legs a little bit more, shows that the game is slowing down and he can see those seams and understand, hey, I could fire this ball into a contested window 22 yards down the field, 15 yards down the field, or I can use my legs and pick up six or seven and keep the chains moving. Him calculating and calibrating that decision making is about the game slowing down and him seeing things clearer. And I think the speed with which he does the simple things is also a game slowing down thing. So to see Cam Ward do the simple things better and quicker, use his legs more and understand the right decision to make.

You have those things happening which show clear growth and clear improvement from Cam Ward. And then you add in the special throws. Then you add in the bomb to Chigaconquo at the end of the game on the sideline. Then you add rolling left and throwing on the sideline a dot to Mason Kinsey, which he dropped. Then you add sliding up in the pocket when there's quick penetration and throwing a sidearm out to the sideline to Van Jefferson on second and long to pick up and give you a third manageable opportunity. Then you have the moon ball on fourth and one to Mason Kinsey that lands perfectly in the bucket.

The fade on the left sideline, where Cam Ward's fading to his left, throws a dot on the sideline that Iow Manor drops. The split in the zone coverage to Chig O'Conqua on a corner route early in the game that leads Chig perfectly to slide and catch the ball. The quick out route on third down, the very first third and long of the game to Chim D.K., where he puts it in the perfect spot and lets D.K. turn up. You take the simple throws that Cam Ward executed better and the simple things Cam Ward did better, using his legs more often, showing the game is slowing down for him,

and then add in these big-time talent throws. And I'm sorry, but I can't come out of that game against the Texans anything other than incredibly encouraged about how Cam Ward is progressing this year and how he's getting better. And I hope that my descriptions of this going along with the film breakdown where I actually show you these plays on the Tick-Tac Titans film channel, I hope all of that gives you some encouragement about Cam Ward going forward. It's not as bad as it seems in the conversation.

around Cam Ward's performance against the Texans, incredibly flawed, lacks nuance, and quite frankly, I think, it's just wrong. It's just wrong. And the tape doesn't agree with how people are acting like Cam Ward played in that game. I would say the same is true for J.C. Latham,

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Titans fans let's continue today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. Thank you for making Locked on Titans, your first listen. Thank you for making the Locked on podcast network, the number one sports podcast network. We just talked about Cam Ward what the tape showed against the Houston Texans, what I saw, the specific examples and the conversation just doesn't match

what you're seeing on tape. And I think that that is also true with J.C. Latham. Look, Latham had issues in this game. I'm not here to tell you that J.C. Latham was incredible that we shouldn't worry about the issues that were there. Latham had three false starts in this game. Latham had a holding penalty. in this game. It's easy to look at those things and say,

oh, J.C. Latham played terrible. And I think that's what a lot of people did. But again, that's why I have people who argue with me sometimes about things, and they openly admit to me that they only watch the game on TV. They don't go back and watch the all 22 angles. They don't go back and watch the actual film.

They just watch the game on TV on Sundays. They know what they're talking about. And it's just crazy to me because you can't really see what's going on on TV. You can't. You can't see the coverage. You can't see the route concepts. You can't see how the defenders are reacting.

And most of the time, most people, if they're honest, they're watching the ball. They're not even watching the offensive line or looking to see if they can identify coverage patterns and things like that. And what I find is, and this is something that is prevalent in arguments online, period, is if you don't understand something,

if you don't watch tape, you don't have access to it, want to spend the time to learn what's going on and the nuances of coverage rules and coverage concepts and what teams are trying to do if you don't want to learn all that stuff then you just say oh it doesn't matter it doesn't matter that you know that and that you've done that work and that you've gained that knowledge and that you study that stuff that stuff doesn't matter you see this with analytics you know I you could bring a good analytical point with some good data well that data doesn't matter so I don't have to know it I don't

have to learn it. And that helps me win an argument. Because if the thing that beats my argument and proves me wrong is something that I don't acknowledge, well, then I'm never wrong because I'm not acknowledging the reality that you're giving me. You know what I mean? So, I feel like if you just watch the game on Sunday, you come away, J.C. Latham's a bum. I saw people tweeting they need to, you know, kick him off the team. Why is he even on an NFL field? The crazy thing is J.C. Latham gave up zero pressures in the game. J.C. Latham gave up zero sacks in the game. Casey Latham generally played pretty well in the game. He was much better in pass protection than he wasn't run blocking.

But the reality is the point I'm trying to make with today's episode with these first two segments is if you guys aren't watching the tape, if you aren't going back to even if you rewatch the game a couple of times, there's no way that you can be properly informed on how these players played. And it gets me too. A lot of you guys ask me, Tyler, why don't you do a watch party? Why don't you go live and watch the game with us, you know, blah, blah, blah. And that sounds like fun.

But even me, I watch the game on TV and I come away, I gave J.C. Latham and tighten down. I said Cam Ward didn't play good in the game. And then I go back and I watch the tape and I'm like, you know what? My initial read from watching the television broadcast copy was not correct. And seeing the nuances and the details and looking at the totality of the project, it's totally different.

And that's what it is with Latham. That's what it is. And I'll tell you this. two of J.C. Latham's false starts are his fault. But as I talked about in the squad show, the Titan squad show that comes out here on the channel with Brad Hopkins and Julian Missinone, I talked about the fact that like when we talked about the play calling,

why I didn't think much would change with the offense. Because Brian Callahan is calling the plays, but Brian Callahan isn't the only person involved. We know that different coaches are responsible for the screen game, the red zone, the run game, the pass game, third downs. There's five or six different people working on a group project and then Brian Callahan is the presenter, so he's getting all the blame. You know what I mean?

That's how it is with the snap count. Cam Ward admitted I messed up the snap count. I did something weird with the snap count. J.C. Latham told the truth that Cam Ward did something weird with the snap count on one of his false starts and J.C. Latham even turned around and looked at Cam was like, what the heck? Alright? So the snap count issues are not just J.C. Latham's a bozo. He's an idiot. Cam Ward deserves some responsibility. And let me say this. The Titans had pre-snap penalty problems last year. The Titans had pre-snap penalty problems

when J.C. Latham wasn't on the field. So the reality is while J.C. Latham had three false starts and it's easy to say, oh, J.C. Latham sucks. One of those is Cam Ward's fault and the reality is the coaching is terrible and everybody's having these. Cushenberry had a false start. Gunner Helm had a false start. The pre-snap penalties have been a problem for this coaching staff the entire time. So how can I blame J.C. Latham specifically for every single one of those. The holding, J.C. Latham got called for a holding. If you want to go back and watch that game,

it's Cam Ward who leaves a pocket that he shouldn't leave, goes out to the right-hand side, and Latham has to hold, or it's going to be a safety on Cam Ward. So his quarterback put him in a bad spot. I'm not here to tell you that J.C. Latham has absolved of blame for his penalties in the game. But I'm saying it's more complex, it's more nuanced. There's more to the discussion than just he had four penalties.

They were all bad. He's a bum. That sucks. And again, go to the tape. Had multiple, multiple one-on-one pass blocking wins on the final drive. multiple he had a big time win

against Will Anderson Jr. on one of the plays and you know looking at all my notes of J.C. Latham here just going back through all the individual plays a win against DeNeil Hunter

late in the game a pancake on a run block in the fourth quarter multiple, three straight pass protection wins in one-on-one scenarios one against Will Anderson Jr. and then two against number 92

look, I'm not going to act like it was one-on-one domination all-game from J.C. Latham either. He got a lot of chip help, especially when he was going against Will Anderson Jr., who was one of the best edge rushers in the entire NFL. He got a lot of chip help from running backs from tight ends, but he also did his job too. And when they asked him to go one-on-one against lesser match-ups, he dominated. He dominated guys who he should dominate. So they gave him help with one of the best pass-rushers in the NFL,

and he had 17 snaps where he went up against Will Anderson Jr. And again, gave up zero pressures, even though he got some chip help. If you want to take aim at J.C. Latham, which is perfectly fine, the thing to focus on, in my opinion, is his performance in run blocking. Latham was billed as a big time road grading, big, strong, you know, dominant player. and he does not get the movement in the run game consistently that you need. I counted at least two or three plays where Latham has a leverage advantage off the snap and he's not able to drive his guy properly out of the gap.

Now, later in the game, later in the game, he does start to do those things. One thing that is perplexing that I've noticed about J.C. Latham is he is significantly worse early in games. As games go on and you get later in the games, Latham play significantly better than he does early in games. early in games, he misses assignments, he seems confused, he doesn't seem like he's locked in. I don't know what that is, but Latham is significantly better later in games than he is earlier in games

from a mental standpoint. I don't know why, but again, the point overall is people are like, oh, he's a bust, move him to guard, kick him off the team, another misplayer, another, and I get it and I was frustrated after the game as well. But I'm telling you, you go back and watch the tape and I'm going to do a little clip-up on J.C. Latham's performance on Wednesday. Follow me on Twitter at Tick-Tac Titans to see that. It's just not as bad as it seemed. It's just not as bad.

And against a really good group, you know, we all just need to take a deep breath. We all just got to take a deep breath here. But with that being said, the general consensus coming out of the game on Sunday was that Kevin Winston played well. And I went back through the tape and I am here to happily repeat.

court, Kevin Winston did play well, and I'm going to tell you exactly what I saw and give a couple of little notes on Marcus Harris as well. Do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel Sportsbook. The NBA is back and there's no better place to get in on the action than Fandle, the official sports betting partner of the NBA. Even if you miss the start of a game, you want to ride the hot hand, Fandle has live bets on. everything from who will score next to fourth quarter comebacks. Plus, you can combine your live bets into a same game parlay for a shot at a bigger payout. So even if you miss tip off, you want to get a same game parlay together for the game.

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with Fandle, the official sports betting partner of the NBA. Titans fans! Let's cap off today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. Diving into the tape from Sunday's game against the Houston Texans to clear up some narratives that simply don't make a lot of sense. We talked about Cam Ward growing up in front of our eyes. J.C. Latham having a better game than people think. But now I want to talk about Kevin Winston who has me fired up. And I know a lot of you guys are like, Tyler, please chill.

You can't possibly get more fired up than you are right now for this one and nine football team. Everybody relax. And I get it. I get it. But it's hard to relax when I see Kevin Winston out there. running around, being electric, making plays. Before I tell you what I saw, thanks again for making Locked on Titans. You were at first, listen each and every day.

And thanks again for making the Lockdown Podcast Network. The number one sports podcast network. But with Kevin Winston, I mean, so impressed by Kevin Winston and what he was able to do in the different scenarios that he was able to play. I saw Kevin Winston on the second level with a single high safety behind him. saw Kevin Winston as a single high safety playing deep middle I saw Kevin Winston playing deep

half in cover two playing deep quarter middle in cover four I saw Kevin Winston fly up to the line of scrimmage from a deep alignment and take a tight end or a running back in man coverage and to watch Kevin Winston get downhill from up top

to watch him flash down the hill just incredibly incredibly impressive He was able to, early in the game, Davis Mills rolls right on a third down to have a design rollout quick hitter in the flat. Kevin Winston rolls down from his coverage, takes away the flat.

Then penetration in the red zone forces the running back to bounce back inside to the teammates and prevents a touchdown. Three straight times in the red zone within the five-yard line. Three straight times. Kevin Winston takes away a crossing route in the end zone to prevent the Texans from throwing that man the ball.

He did it against Nico Collins twice, took away Jaden Higgins, three straight times, erased in the red zone on crossing routes. He came off the edge on a blitz and got pressure on a quarterback. He attacked, again, attacking the line of scrimmage when he's in man coverage against tight ends,

flying downfield to take it away. Filling the gaps in run defense, there are a couple of plays where he gets downed, downhill and run defense and makes a big hit on the running back. Late in the game to force a punt, throws a running back down, he's in a group, but he's the first one there and he's pulling him back. He's filling the gaps that he needs to fill, and the Titans run defense is going to be so much better

because Kevin Winston's back there. He's just got so much more juice, physicality. He did get bowled over and flattened by Jaden Higgins, one on an insert run play where Higgins is like inside of the tight end comes up, he got a little off balance on that, all right? But on Jeffrey Simmons sack, his single sack, Kevin Winston's line up on the edge and does a loop stunt in the inside like Harold Landry used to do.

And Jeffrey Simmons gets a sack because he gets a one-on-one opportunity against Trent Brown. So he's blitzing off the edge, he's blitzing up the middle, he's coming from deep alignments to play man on tight ends with great speed and quickness. He's taken away crossers over the middle of the field. It's not just the red zone. I was so impressed with Kevin Winston's ability to recognize routes. Coming out of Penn State, one of the issues on his scouting report

is he needs to get better with his route recognition. Now, I don't think that the Texans tested him as much as he will be tested this week against the vertical passing game of the Seattle Seahawks. That wasn't really the plan for the Houston Texans to attack vertically. But he was recognizing deep, backside digs that he needed to get to crossing routes from the other side of the formation that he needed to slide to and he needs to continue to improve and he'll do that as he sees more

but man I was just so so impressed with Kevin Winston in the variety of ways that he was used and where he felt comfortable and what he was able to take away they didn't test him very much again I don't think it was the plan to attack downfield in this game for the Texans they were trying to attack the Titans linebackers and under And by God, the Titans underneath linebackers for a second week in a row, did a pretty decent job. So, I can't wait to continue to watch Kevin Winston play, continue to see him get comfortable if this was his first start

and kind of his debut as a starting defender and he's going to get better and progress from here, I really do think the Titans have at minimum a starting level safety, but they might have somebody who could actually make plays and change some games as he gets comfortable. But we'll see Kevin Winston in a year two is really what I'm going to have my eye on. This is all just a cherry on top

coming off the ACL tear that ended his last college season. So this is all just great development time for Kevin Winston in a low-stakes environment. But Marcus Harris, the Titans rookie cornerback who played in the slot, want to mention him as well. Marcus Harris had a pass breakup over the middle and man coverage. I thought he was kind of sticky.

In some man situations, there was one return route where the guy faked to the sideline and then busted it back in on a short one. They kind of had him off kilter by the goal line, but he was able to step up, make the tackle, not allow the guy to score. Overall, I was pretty impressed by Marcus Harris. I can't wait to watch both these guys. They're going to take their lungs.

It's not all going to be perfect, all right? But I think Marcus Harris has some real ability to play tight man coverage in the slot and Kevin Winston's versatility, explosiveness, and physicality is already obvious on tape. And Mike McCoy, Titans Head Coach, was talking about how it popped off to see him shoot up the field.

I mean, it is fun to see him shoot up the field when he decides to do it. But that is my review of the things that I think mattered from the Tennessee Titans tape. And I'll be honest with you guys. I think this is a great episode. I thought the episode that we just had was absolutely fantastic.

I hope you guys enjoyed it. This is exactly my wheelhouse where we're able to blend opinions on the team, context with the team, the tape and everything. If you enjoyed it again, make sure you get subscribed, stay subscribed. It's getting later in the season. The Titans aren't very good. You guys know how it goes. If you're a dedicated listener,

please throw a five-star review on Apple Podcast. That really helps the show as well. But I'm going to have some film stuff on the Tick-Tact Titans film channel so that you guys can check that out. Also, crossover Thursday. Back tomorrow. Make sure that you guys check it out. But that's gonna do it for me today, folks. As always, I am your host, Tyler Rowan,

and this was Locked on Titans.