Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans EMBARRASSED by Cleveland Browns 27-3, Failure at ALL Levels & Titans Soul Searching

Episode Date: September 24, 2023

The Tennessee Titans embarrassed themselves on Sunday in a 27-3 defeat to the Cleveland Browns. The Titans failed at all levels of their team on offense and defense and coaching. Where do they go from here? Time for some soul searching...Follow Tyler on Twitter @TicTacTitansFollow the show on Facebook @LockedOnTitansPodSubscribe to the Locked On Titans YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LockedOnTitans/videosSupport Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Harry'sGet your best shave ever this summer with Harry’s razors and skin care products. Get a $13 Starter Set for just $3 at harrys.com/NFL.   NutrafolTake the first step to visibly thicker, healthier hair. For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering our listeners ten dollars off your first month’s subscription and free shipping when you go to Nutrafol.com/men and enter the promo code LOCKEDONMLB. DoorDashGet fifty percent off your first DoorDash order up to a twenty-dollar value when you use code lockedonnfl at checkout. Limited time offer, terms apply.Jase MedicalSave more than $360 by getting these lifesaving antibiotics with Jase Medical plus an additional $20 off by using code LOCKEDON at checkout on jasemedical.com.PrizePicksGo to PrizePicks.com/lockedonnfl and use code lockedonnfl for a first deposit match up to $100!GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNFL for $20 off your first purchase. Last minute tickets. Lowest Price. Guaranteed.eBay MotorsFor parts that fit, head to eBay Motors and look for the green check. Stay in the game with eBay Guaranteed Fit. eBay Motors dot com. Let’s ride. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply.LinkedInLinkedIn Jobs helps you find the qualified candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONNFL. Terms and conditions apply.FanDuelMake Every Moment More. Right now, NEW customers can bet FIVE DOLLARS and get TWO HUNDRED in BONUS BETS – GUARANTEED. Visit FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON to get started.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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Well, that was embarrassing. I'm going to break it all down on a week three postcast on Locked on Titans podcast. Let's get it. You are Locked on Titans, your daily Tennessee Titans podcast, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. Welcome to a week three postcast.

My instant reaction to the Tennessee Titans. We postcast my instant reaction to the Tennessee Titans' embarrassing 27-3 loss to the Cleveland Browns. This was a total collapse by every single level of both the offense and the defense by the end. I'm going to dive into just my immediate thoughts coming out of that loss, where the Titans are at right now before we get into it. Thank you guys for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen each and every day. Remember, Monday through Friday, Tennessee Titans content all year round, always for free.

Make sure you get subscribed, stay subscribed to the Locked on Titans podcast where it's your team every day. So, 27-3 loss. Where do we begin here? Well, my first thought coming out of this loss immediately is the offensive line is just not going to be good enough. And we talked about this throughout the offseason, throughout training camp, leading up to the regular season. A lot of people were, it can't be worse than Dennis Daly. It can't be worse than last year. It can't be worse than last year. Well, just because there are new people doesn't mean that there are better people. And at the end of the day, Andre Dillard does not look like he is capable of being a starting left tackle in the NFL. I don't know if he's capable of being a starting lineman in the NFL.

That's just a reality that was always on the table. It was always going to be a possibility that when the Titans were going with these low risk, low financial commitment, lottery ticket guys, Arden Key looks like he might have paid off. But Andre Dillard, the odds of Andre Dillard actually being a starting quality left tackle, just sitting on the bench for years in Philadelphia, was low anyways. And we're basically seeing the reality here. Andre Dillard is not it. He is not going to be good enough. And in my opinion, as much as we like Aaron Brewer and as much as Aaron Brewer is a cool story, undrafted free agent, athletic guy, he is not good enough to be a starting offensive lineman in the NFL either. So when your center and your left tackle are going to consistently get beat,

it puts you in a very tough position. The Titans obviously miss Peter Skowronski. Skowronski is a better player than Dylan Radins, no doubt about it. But at this point, we all have to talk about if Andre Dillard is going to be this bad, the Titans may have to put Dylan Radins or Skowronski out at left tackle and let those two guys handle

the left side because Andre Dillard was that bad. But let me say this though. Again, this was a total collapse by all levels because consistently throughout the first half, the Titans had Andre Dillard blocking one-on-one against Miles Garrett. Why are you not having Chip help over there? Why isn't there a tight end or a running back over there to help? Why are you consistently allowing Andre Dillard to go one-on-one against Miles Garrett? Why is that the plan coming into the week? So that's a failure by the coaching staff. So make no mistake, the

individual performance of the offensive line was the first dam to break. And the water started trickling through with that offensive line. The dam started to crack with the offensive line. But Tim Kelly and Mike Rabel having Andre Dillard go one-on-one against Miles Garrett the entirety of the first half with no chip help was absolutely insane. And that, it starts to crack more. And then Tannehill's under pressure a ton.

And he's getting out of the pocket. And there may be a guy open, but he's throwing a bad pass. Because he's used to being under pressure. And there's so much pressure to make a good play. When the offensive line cannot block, cannot protect the passer, cannot make any room in the run game. And then, the wide receivers and the tight ends start to drop passes. Because the offensive line couldn't block a soul,

especially on the left. I say the offensive line. I really mean from the center over. Andre Dillard was an absolute seed throughout the game. So the offensive line can't block. The coaching staff doesn't have a smart plan for how to address the offensive line struggles. The quarterback then starts to miss throws.

The wide receivers and the tight ends start to drop passes. And now everybody has so much weight on them, it's an avalanche. It's an offensive avalanche is what it is. But it starts with the offensive line and the foundation absolutely crumbling. So the Titans are going to have to answer some questions about that. But I want to talk about the failures on the defensive side

as well in this post-cast reaction. Let me know down below, how are you feeling about the Tennessee Titans right now? Is it time to hit the panic button? Do you think this season is falling to the wayside? What are your immediate emotional reactions to this embarrassing loss? This is a safe space, Titans fans. Let it all out here. But before we move forward,

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And we don't want to excuse the defense. Because the reality here is early in the game. The Titans pass rush. It starts up front. early in the game, the Titans pass rush, it starts up front just like the offense. The Titans pass rush, miss sacks. I mean, I counted, I think, five miss sacks on Deshaun Watson throughout the game. But on the very first third down, Arden Key misses a sack on Watson.

Simmons misses a sack on Watson. It's like, if those two guys are going to miss, the Titans are in for a very, very long day. And it just continued. It just continued throughout the day. The Titans pass rush got less and less effective. They couldn't do anything. I mean, the Titans pass rush. Here's the reality. This defense is just not as good as we hoped it would be. Alright? That is the reality. This defense is just not as good as we hoped it would be. All right?

That is the truth. The pass rush is not as effective as we all think it's going to be top five, top three in sacks, all that. They're not quite there. Harold Landry has not come back to form. Jeffrey Simmons honestly needs to play better at times too. In this game specifically I thought he needed to play better in this

game. And then it just continues. Because once the pass rush isn't getting pressure, this secondary stands no chance. The reality here is the Tennessee Titans cornerback group outside of Sean Murphy Bunting, who was a great add.

Sean Murphy Bunting was good in this game. I know he got a couple of penalties. I thought they were ticky-tack. Sean Murphy Bunting has been good. But Christian Fulton and Roger McCreary are not good enough in ball situations, catch-point situations. It happened all year last year. It's happening now.

They're in position, but they just can't make the play on the ball. They're just not good enough in catch point situations. They're not. So when the pressure starts to decrease because the Titans defense is getting tired, and make no mistake, that's a big part of it here. The offense is doing nothing. So the defense is getting tired.

And then the pass rush isn't as good as the game goes on because they are absolutely tired because the offense is three and out, three and out, four and out, five and out, six and out, giving them nothing. And there is, we have to acknowledge the psychological aspect of playing sports and football. If your offense is doing absolutely nothing and looks pedestrian or less than pedestrian, at some point, the defense's spirit will break. The defense's spirit will break. So the defense deserves their blame. Make no mistake about it. But at some point in time, this defense is tired. This defense's spirit is broken. So Fulton was miserable. The pass rush missed sacks at the beginning of the game.

But at some point, the offense's impact on the defense and their fatigue and their fitness and their confidence has to be something we talk about. Guys, we are living in a simulation here. We are in a time loop as Tennessee Titans fans. We're in a time loop. The offense is so terrible that eventually people start to blame the defense

and we go round and round and round. And that brings me to the last thing I want to talk about in this last five minutes. Where do we go from here? Again, let it out Titans fans. Let it out in the comments. Hit me up on Twitter at TicTacTitans.

Let it out here. comments. Hit me up on Twitter at tic-tac-titans. Let it out here. This is a safe space. Does this mean that the Tennessee Titans are going to be terrible this year? No. No, it doesn't. They'll probably win their fair share of games and they'll play better than they played against the Browns. They will. But if the Titans

don't turn it around soon, then at some point, they're just going to have to look themselves in the mirror and realize, what is this season? Where are we going? Because I don't know right now if this offensive line is good enough to ever give the Titans a chance to do anything. Right now, acting like the Titans have a chance at the Super Bowl, even if they

improved, is asinine. You can't justify that right now. You can't. So at some point, if they're going to put performances and I think the Browns are a good team. I think the Browns are good. I put a poll out last week. Who had the better roster on paper? The teams that were going to be playing

this weekend on paper, who had a better roster? 72% Titans. I could not believe it. The Browns absolutely have a better roster than the Titans. You guys kill me with that stuff sometimes. That was crazy. So I think the Browns are a good team. But they're not that good to make the Titans look like that. The only answer to that is that the

Titans are very bad. I don't think the Titans are going to be very bad. But at some point, how good can they be is the question. And if you're watching this show right now, or you're listening to this on Monday morning, and you're thinking in your head, this team's awful. Put in one of the quarterbacks that I like, one of the young guys. They're not going anywhere this year. What are we doing?

I don't think you're crazy either. And let me just say this. We're waiting on the status of Joe young guys. They're not going anywhere this year. What are we doing? I don't think you're crazy either. And let me just say this. We're waiting on the status of Joe Burrow. Will Joe Burrow play? There's some talk that Joe Burrow could miss a couple of weeks. If the Titans lose to the Bengals and they don't have Joe Burrow, we're only four weeks in. But I'm okay with people pressing the panic button at that point. But the Titans need to search their soul right here, right now. Because if they go to one and three, the Colts look better than people expected. The Ravens are going to be good and

they're playing in London. The Titans need to do some soul searching right now and really decide what they want to do with this season because performances like that, it's hard to justify doing anything but prioritizing the future when you see performances like that because the Titans have too many non-great aspects to their football team. It's just not good enough. It's embarrassing. And they need to figure out what they need to do from here. So we're going to continue talking about that.

I'm going to be back later on tonight with a full 30-minute recap. Thank you guys for tuning in. That is going to do it for today's week three postcast. Again, I'll be back later tonight. As always, I am your host, Tyler Rowland, and this was Locked on Titans.