Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans 'GET RIGHT GAME' vs. Houston Texans, Jarvis Brownlee Weird Trade & Clean Game Wins

Episode Date: September 25, 2025

The Tennessee Titans take on the Houston Texans in Week 4 in a game both teams are looking at as a chance to 'get right' before it is too late. The Texans and Titans sit at 0-3 on the year while facing massive pressure from their respective fanbases who are demanding answers for the failures. Part of the problem, are unexpected roster moves for both teams with the Titans trading starting cornerback Jarvis Brownlee Jr. to the New York Jets in a shocking move and the Texans releasing starting safety CJ Gardner-Johnson. Both moves have fans perplexed and only heightens the anxiety around the squads. Finally, this game will come down to which team can play cleaner football as penalties and mistakes have overwhelmed the start of the season for both franchises. 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 Listen on Amazon Music: Stay connected to your team every day with Locked On, now available ad-free on Amazon Music! Follow your favorite Locked On NFL podcasts and catch new episodes daily.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!5-Hour ENERGYEnough with boring, flavorless caffeine, it’s time to give your caffeine a flavor upgrade with 5-hour ENERGY®️ shots. Get the favorites you love or be bold and try something new in-store and online at https://www.5hourENERGY.com or Amazon today. DoorDashWith DoorDash Streaks, you save every Saturday you order — stack it up all season and you could save up to $250. Order this Saturday. Keep the streak alive. Fuel your gameday — only with DoorDash. Terms apply. Promo period through 11/18.SquareTo learn more, go support your favorite neighborhood spot and see what Square has been up to in your neck of the woods. And then if you have extra time, check out https://square.com/go/lockedonnfl.PrizePicksDownload the PrizePicks app today and use code LOCKEDONNFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. GametimeDownload 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)

Two teams that have been utter disappointment so far this year. Texans and Titans, it's time for a Thursday crossover from the Locked-on Podcast Network. It's the... You are Locked-on NFL crossover, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network. Your team every day. Welcome in Locked-on Titans fans, locked-on Texas. fans like John said it stinks in here but we got a football game coming up this weekend we're gonna dive into the biggest storylines for both teams we got some crazy personnel moves

from both teams this week as we talk about the matchups and then we'll talk about what we think will decide this game in the end before we dive in do want to let you know that crossover Thursday is presented by prize picks download the prize picks app today use the code locked on NFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup do you want to Thank you for making Locked on Titans, Locked on Texans, your first listen. I am the host of Locked on Titans, Tyler Rowland, here with the host of Locked on Texans, John Hickman,

and John, right out of the gate, man. We're looking at two teams that are not in a good place, boasted at 0 and 3. I think it's not as much of a surprise that the Titans are 0% as it is that the Texans are 0.3, but at the same time, the way that the Titans have gotten to 0 and 3 has been absolutely stinky as well. and has made fans more mad than I think they expected to be through three weeks.

My question is simple. What the heck is going on in Houston? No, we're kissing cousins right now. Two bad, stinky teams. You know how they talk about going undefeated? Well, right now, both of our teams are just defeated. Defeated. What's going on in Houston?

No direction. There's no direction. We had the squad, not the squash show, but the ASC soft show. and I talked about some of the improvements that I think the Houston, Texas made and some of the decisions that Nick Serio, led by Nick Casario, D'Amico Ryan's, chose to do and make instead of maybe going in a different direction. And everything is backfired. You're looking at the offense that's extremely in-up, cannot find the red zone,

doesn't get to the red zone anyways, they're o' and four in the red zone, so they're not able to punch it in. they're not successful on third downs, eight of 33 on third down attempts offensively this year. And also through three games, Tyler, penalties, 24 penalties in three games. The average is eight per game. So this is a team that, you know, the talk of being undisciplined, there's no reason why anybody should be able to defend Domingo Ryan's in that area.

There's talk of a lacklust of roster. There's no reason for anybody to be. able to defend Nick Assyrio in that area. And because of that, you look at people now wanting to maybe turn on CJ Stroud, who I think is judged too much on what he does under pressure. And that's extremely unfair to a young quarterback because it signals everything around you is so chaotic consistently. You're not able to have a normal day in the office.

And so that's where the Houston, Texas are right now. It's just a bad team who it doesn't feel like they're going to get better. it feels like it's going to continue to get worse. No, I would relate it to like your body. Your liver's shutting down. Your lungs aren't good. Your stomach ain't working right. And you want your heart to just continue to beat on its own.

It's not going to happen. It's not going to happen. And I'm someone who defended C.J. Stroud. He was my number one quarterback in that class. I think C.J. Stroud still has the potential to be a top 10 quarterback in the NFL. But I didn't like what the Texans did in the offseason. And Texans fans could call it just, oh, it's a Titans guy hating. blah, blah, blah, blah, but John, I don't hate on anybody more than I hate on the Titans.

I'm no Homer that's just going to be like, oh, Titans good, everybody else sucks. Like anybody who's watched my content knows that ain't me. But I looked at the Texans all season and I said, I didn't like to hire a Nick Cayley. I have a tin foil hat conspiracy theory that Kaylee was forced on Domeco Ryan's by two New England guys. And I didn't like the moves on the offensive line. Would you say that I've been right about that and those two things haven't lived up? or are there other things that maybe I'm not understanding? Well, I'm going to say this, man.

I think we give the offensive line a ton of flack. I think that from 2024 to 2025, they've played better. Now, what's different? You got a rookie out there left tackle. Yeah. Had a rough day in the office against Josh Hans Allen. And then through three gangs, they haven't had any real consistency. Andrews is in, and he gets hurt in week two in week one.

And Patterson's out there. Ed Ingram, who's the starter, doesn't go out there initially because he's sick. And he's out there for week two. You got Howard moving around. But the offensive line has cleaned up on some things. Are they great? Absolutely not. Has teams figured out that if you send five, they ain't going to be able to block them?

Yes, but they have been better. And some of those sacks, the A sacks, I think, should be contributed more so to C.J. Strave. But everything else, you're absolutely right. Nick Cayley has no clue what he wants to do. And I've talked about even, hey, maybe he needs to go up to the booth so he can collectively coach with all of the other coaches on the offensive staff. He needs a guy in his ear to say, hey, man, maybe we should do this. So I think he's in a world of confusion.

And I think just overall, they invested more into the defense. But shout out to my man, Stan Norfleet, than the offense. And then you got a guy in DeRoe Taylor who was a healthy scratch Sunday. He's only had one tackle on the year. That was an off-season signing. So it's just It's bad all around Like Nick Casillo did a terrible job

Of putting this roster together To help C.J. Stroud Now on the flip side You guys have a I want to consider a would-be promising quarterback. I think the ward is nice. It's a mirror. The Yer receiver you guys drafted.

Ayo Manor. He's been able to punch it in. Everything else for y'all just It stinks. Struggle. Can't protect the quarterback. other teams able to run on y'all, other teams able to get out the quarterback. What's going on in Tennessee that Texas need to know about, man?

Well, man, I mean, this week has just been insane for the Titans. Brian Callahan gives up play calling. And I would tell you that a lot of the things that you're saying, you could just put the Titans in there. It feels like a mirror. The offensive line hasn't been good enough and struggles to deal with pressure. The offensive coordination has no direction, and the team doesn't have any kind of identity that it can lean back on.

and a young quarterback who has a ton of talent and has shown promise is starting to kind of fall into some bad habits because they're crumbling under the weight of everything that's going on around them. So, like, the Texans were meant to be this great team that's won playoff games in back-to-back years. The Titans were expected to be one of the worst teams in the NFL. But it just goes to show you no matter what the expectation is or where the team is at.

If you don't support your quarterback properly, things are going to fall apart. So the big thing for the Titans is they just changed play calling, from Brian Callahan over to Bo Hardegree, who's the quarterback coach. Right, that's big news. In theory, the quarterback coach should have the best connection with the quarterback. He's worked with him every day, in the room, every day, every throw. He knows what he likes, what he doesn't like, what he does well,

what he doesn't do well, what he responds to, what he doesn't. So the hope is that the new play caller can set the Titans up for better success with Cam Ward, and then Brian Callahan, who's been a disaster with in-game management. Should we go for it? Should we kick? Should we time out? Should we be aggressive? Be conservative.

What do we do here and there? He's been worse than a 12-year-old playing Madden. Like, my dad, my dad coached Pee-wee football for 20 years. My dad has no idea about the scheme that I break down each week or anything going on. But from a purely game management standpoint, my Pee-wee coach dad could make better in-game decisions than Brian Callahan. Because at the end of the day, John, as you know, when you're a leader, you just have to make a call and do it.

You just got to make a call and stand-on business. And Brian Callahan has not done that. So will the changes that the Titans made actually mean improvements in the game? That's by far the biggest question going forward for the Titans. But we got to talk about some crazy moves that both of our teams made in the defensive secondary this week that caught everybody off guard before we dive into the big matchups to watch in this one. Do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by Fandall Sportsbook. The NFL season is here and Fandle is making sure that you're ready for kickoff with a can't miss offer.

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Thank you for making Locked on Texas, Locked on Titans, your first listen each and every day. But the Texans made a crazy decision in the secondary releasing Chauncey Gardner Johnson. The Titans make a crazy trade, trading starting cornerback Jarvis Brownley Jr. From your perspective, man, with CJ, J.G, or however he wants to say it, what happened there? Just wasn't a fit. So I want to shout out my man, DJ Banamil, ESPN, friend of the show for the Lockdown, Texas podcast. We did a good job of pointing out, you know,

how bad some of the miscommunications on the back end of the defense was for Houston, which led to some big plays for Houston in critical moments. And then you also got to look at CJ Gardner-J Justin. Overall, 8-12 completions allowed in 2025 through three games. Through the first two games, I know the first game he allowed four catches, all four of the catches in the tip. So 99 yards. He wanted to be Blitz more, had more opportunities on the symptoms.

Blitz is five times this year. He's also coming from an organization that just won it all, stepped into an organization that ain't wanted nothing. So I think that was the biggest thing, man. You know, winning curious issues, but when you're not winning, there's miscommunication. Also, there was reports of CJ Gardner-JJolson kind of pocketwatching other players on the defensive side of the ball.

You know, everything that just kind of, and I'm not confirming or denying. I'm just saying that's reports. All of that kind of piles up into, hey, you know what, this ain't working. You know, reports also said that, hey, man, he requested a trade. Through three games, you're requesting a trade trying to get a buddy already. So that just speaks to where he is, where he views his career and future, maybe where he viewed the Houston, Texas locker room, and maybe the amount of accountability going around that maybe needed to be going around.

And if he was a fit in the first place, I think that for Houston may be rushed because what do you do for backups? You know, that's a problem. And then I look at you guys trading on or moving on from, excuse me, Brownlee, what's going on with that? Man, I'll tell you real quick before I dive into that, Garner Johnson has a reputation for being a malcontent in the locker room

and being difficult to deal with and rubbing people the wrong way. And at the end of the day, if you're going to burn every bridge around you, you're going to wake up and you're going to be on an island all alone. And especially as he gets older into his career, his play is going to drop off. And people just aren't going to deal with it. You're not worth the headache. Your play on the field is not worth the headache that you're giving us behind the scene. So I don't even, I didn't even see the reports just on what I know about CJ, JG before, you know, that seems like that could be the case.

And peep this, Philly just won a Super Bowl. And they traded him away for almost nothing. Immediately. King and Green ain't on nobody roster right now. I don't even think he's on a practice squad. Right. It took him on, given all of the bad film that he has out there. So winning cured it just enough for him to actually win it,

but even Philly had to move on from him. And that's just the type of player he is in the Ronald League. And so, you know, good luck to him wherever he goes. But, you know, two teams that's on three, I'm looking at Tennessee. And I'm thinking to myself, I don't know if he used to win this game, but there is an advantage there that may be open. now that Brownlee is out of there. 100%.

The Titans don't have a ton of depth at cornerback. Jarvis Brownlee Jr. has been a good cornerback. You drafted him in the fifth round. To get a guy who can start and give you production like that in the fifth round, that's a great pick. And that's the exact type of player that the Titans are saying that they want. They want to draft. They want to develop and they want to retain.

That's what they want their system to be. They don't want to have to go out and spend a bunch of money in free agency or make a bunch of high-level trades. They want to draft their guys. And Brownlee seemed like a guy who fit that mold. Now, I'll say this. He had penalty problems. He had a bunch of penalties, not just defensive pass interference penalties,

but face mass penalties, horse collar penalties. Like, he is a bit of a feisty guy, and he got a lot of penalties, and that was a problem. But at the end of the day, penalties aren't a reason to trade a guy like that for a sixth round pick for a seventh round pick to get a sixth back. Like, it just doesn't make any sense whatsoever, and, you know, more will probably come out soon. But I'll tell you the honest truth, John, my theory here is, with the penalties, Jarvis Brownlee Jr. said after the first game, I'm not changing my style.

I don't care about the penalties. I'm going to keep playing the way that I play. And then the defensive coordinator, and the couple of days after that, said, no, we got to clean up the penalties. Like, we can't hurt the team. The penalties are unacceptable. I think it's possible that Brownlee Jr. did not take kindly to, his coach calling him out like that and said, all right, well, actually my ankle hurts.

I don't want to play. How about that? I'm going to show up in a boot and say I can't play. And then the Titans were like, to heck with that. Now, I will admit, that's a tinfoil hat theory. I'm trying to put two and two together. But at the end of the day, John, trading a player like that, who was a fifth round pick last year to get a sixth round pick back and a late round pick swap, it makes no sense at all. So you have to look beyond the surface level. level to try to theorize why this could happen. And there's only two things. Either he's a malcontent behind the scenes and they don't want him in the locker room, like what I'm talking about, or they see a long-term medical issue that they think

will shorten his career. But if that's the case, wouldn't the Jets find that in the physical? Like, you really think you're going to just slide it past the Jets that this dude is damaged goods. He's a lemon and they're just going to take him from you. Like, that doesn't quite make sense and that would be ethically wrong. opinion for the Titans to try to trick a team like that with a injury problem. I don't think that's right. So I think the only you spin the bottle, the only thing that it can land on and make sense is this guy was a problem in the locker room and no matter what it took or what they got back, they wanted him out of there and they took what they could without releasing

them. But it creates a monster hole for the Titans cornerback room where they have Sneed who's been up and down in his return. And Roger McCreery is a really good player, but he's a slot only. guy he cannot play outside and other than that you have darrell baker junior who's a practice squad level cast off from the colts last year the titans picked up and they just got jalen armor davis from the ravens off waivers but he could only play 18 snaps and they had to pull him off the field last week because he doesn't know what he's doing yet it's it's it's it's funny that tennessee and houston is always going to be connected somehow somewhere right but in 2025 for this to be how they're connected.

To me, it's hilarious because is it a clear sign? And I know for Houston it is, but it's a clear sign that these general managers are not getting it right? Is it like, because you guys actually just moved off

of who I thought was a good general manager. Yeah. And didn't get a full chance to put his vision together. So I forget who stepped in, let me know, but you know, how much of this, do we have to kind of place blame on the general manager for our respective teams? Well, that is the interesting conversation because Jarvis Brownlee Jr. was a Rann carthon

draft pick. And now Rann has gone and then replaced him with Mike Borgonzi from Kansas City. And I would say Mike Borgonzi's draft has looked good so far. Like the rookies have been the only bright spot for the Titans realistically outside of Peter Skoronsky, the Titans who should be an all pro guard this year. Like outside of that. And, Jeffrey Simmons wreck and shop there really isn't much to look at and be happy about so I don't want to jump the gun and say Mike Borgonzi's made a mistake here you got to kind of wait for the real reason to come out through the reporting in some way and when trades happen you can't really judge a trade right away it's easy it's like fantasy football you know

you see a trade you're like oh that's a terrible trade why this idiot do that and then the player that they traded away gets hurt and it's like oh the idiot actually ended up winning that trade so like you do kind of got a wait to see how trades work out but it does not make sense on paper. And unless there's something nefarious or scandalous behind the scenes, it is a great trade for the Jets and a stupid trade for the Titans. So you do got to kind of wait to see how trades work out. But I think it's absolutely fair for you to be like,

what's the general manager in Tennessee doing with this one? Yeah, I mean, and on the flip side, that's how a lot of us here in Houston is feeling about this entire season. And I think nationally, you're starting to see, well, they're not doing much for C.J. Schro. Look at how this thing was put together. So that's a collective thought, I think, throughout the NFL football world. And that points directly back to general manager, Nick Assyria,

who has, in his own way, replicated the Patriot Way. And for a Houston Texan franchise, who has tried their hardest to be the Patriot South. You felt like they were getting away from that when they brought in D'Amico. But three years into this thing, it feels like that stench. Yep. They just can't get rid of. They can try to wash it off. They can bed bath beyond body works it off.

I don't, but it's just not working. And they have ruined what should be a spectacularly year three for their quarterback, C.J. Strauss. So I put a lot of the onus on general manager, Nick Osserio, just for the terrible job that he did, structuring this roster. You know what? The Patriot Way is crap. You know what the Patriot Way is? It's Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. Yeah, if you just want to say it's Tom Brady,

the Titans tried to do that Patriots Way crap, and you know what it results in? An undisciplined team with a ton of penalties and an offense that can't score the football. That's what the Patriots Way looks like for other teams trying to replicate the Patriot Way because you don't have the sauce, and that's Tom Brady. Like Mike Vrable tried to do the Patriot Way thing

and all these Titans fans now that Brian Callahan sucks. They're like, oh, I miss Mike Vrable. But I continue to remind folks, Mike Vrable was 6 and 18 in his final 24 games. He blew a three-game lead in the division in 2023 to lose it. He had 27th or lower in scoring three out of his six seasons as the head coach. The Patriot Way is not the real way. And I think the Titans and the Texans are learning that the hard way.

But with that being said, let's talk about some matchups that we got to watch in this game and how we think this thing might ultimately play out. Do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you By game time the NFL season is back And honestly there's nothing better than being in the stadium surrounded by fans cheering on your team But let's be honest

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None of it makes sense at this point in time. But on the field, let's get back to on the field. The matchup that will decide this one. For me, it's the Texans defensive line against the Titans offensive line. The Titans offensive line has been a massive disappointment so far this year. They've given up 15. Now, I will tell you, if I'm honest, John, you know I dive into the tape. I would say only maybe eight of those sacks are actually on the offensive line.

I would say three or four of them are probably Cam Ward. A couple other ones are running backs or tight ends blowing it in pass protection. Like that's the Houston, Texas. Dude, it's a mirror. We're talking in a mirror like the low Wayne song. I'm looking at a mirror. You know what I mean? Like that's where we're at right now.

But at the end of the day, the Titans offensive line, even if J.C. Latham is back. Even if Kevin Zytler is back. even if they're at full strength on the offensive line. The Texan's defensive line is nothing to play with, one of the best defensive fronts in the entire NFL. So even if the Titans' offensive line was playing well and was healthy, I would still look at this matchup of something that can wreck the game

because Will Anderson might be, I mean, he's leading the NFL in pressure rate right now. He might be a top three edge rusher with Micah Parsons, Miles Garrett, and Will Anderson at this point. And Daniel Hunter might be top five, top 10. So that's the matchup I'm watching. where if the Titans get whipped up front by the Texans' defensive line, the Texans are going to run away with this game, no matter what happens on the other side of the ball.

I think for Houston, if I'm looking at a matchup that will take them out and force them to lose a game, it's just what they've been showing us. They're going to shoot themselves in the foot again. Them versus themselves. 11 penalty, seven penalties, six penalties. The amount of those penalties,

and that totals out to 24, that resulted in a third down, conversion for the other team or second and long, third and long. And now that forces why they're in these, you know, long third down situations, which is why they can't convert on third down to get 8 to 33. You know, that's what hurt Houston.

It's always themselves through three games. And I think that when you have a team like Tennessee that it's really kind of, they have nothing to lose, you know, what's the real expectation there for Tennessee? Remember, you mentioned it maybe five or six wins. Five wins was my prediction. And I think they're a struggle to get there. Yeah.

So when you got a team like that, that's a little dangerous. Now, for Houston on the flip side, what I think is going to play in their favor, what should play in their favor is since game one, the rookie running back, Woody Marks, has gotten more opportunities. And he's a guy that I really like. He's explosive. He can impact the team in the past game, just as much in the run game. Outside of his first game, the last couple of games, he's running there for it.

and some change per pop, right? When I look at what's been the weakness for the Tennessee Titans, along with Nick Chub getting busy, they haven't been able to stop the run. And so I think for the Houston Texans, this is a team that I think needs to help their quarterback out a lot. He's been hit a lot, and they abandoned the run plenty of times throughout, especially in the second half.

So just turning the ball, I mean, excuse me, not turning the ball over, but turning around and handing the ball off to their runnerback, I think, is going to play in a major way for Houston. Well, that's also going to help them play clean football And that's why I put that As kind of our third segment title here Is I think the team that plays clean will win You mentioned the penalties for the Texans

Texans fans, you want to hear something John says, what, 11, 7, 6 Here's the Titans penalties in the first three games 13, 10, 8 Everybody's celebrating Because the Titans only had eight penalties in week three And they got beat by 21 points You know what I mean?

like that, you know, so the last two games for the Texans, it's been bad, but the Titans' best game is worse than that. So whichever team doesn't turn over the ball, doesn't shoot themselves in the foot with penalties, setting themselves up in third and long situations, that's the team that will probably end up winning this one. But at the end of the day, I think the Texans can even afford a couple extra mistakes

because they are a better team on paper than the Titans. And that defensive line, like, Cam, I worry for, Cam Ward safety in this one. He's in danger. I think, because you say that the Texas can afford a mistake, man, they,

Tyler, they don't even get down to the red zone enough to go over for in the red zone. Yeah. This offense is God-awful. And that's why I think, like, it's so bad, I'm not confident in picking Houston to beat the Tennessee Titans.

I understand that. I'm not confident to pick the Titans to beat anyone so i know exactly how you feel uh this game is going to end zero zero no but it's going to be a minus three to minus three is what it really should be you know what i mean this is this is going to be tough and i don't even want to give a score prediction uh i'm going to say because of the frustration with this organization man i do think that this will be a game that can swing either way i'm going to be a realistic here and i'm going to pick houston but it's It's something like 13 to 10.

I 100% agree with you. I would take the under on this game. I don't know what the Fanduil line is right now, the over-under, but I would take the under on this game. I think both teams are going to struggle. They're both going to look out of sorts. But I think ultimately, like I'm saying,

that defensive front, the one good thing in this game, the one good thing in this game is the Texans defensive line. That's the only unit that you can look at for sure and be like, all right, we know that they're really good. So with that, going to give the advantage to the Texans. I don't know what the score is going to be, but again, I think we're going under, and I would imagine the Texans are going to end up finding

a way to win this one at home. But with that being said, that is going to do it for today's crossover Thursday, locked on Texans, locked on Titans. Thank you for making us your first listen. We're going to have a regular game preview for you guys on Friday. We're going to be here with you after the game to break down whatever happens, but it doesn't matter which fan base I'm talking to, you got to keep your head up, folks. Thank you for tuning in. You are Locked-on NFL Crossover, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network. Your team every day.