Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans MUST PLAY Malik Willis, Andre Dillard Benched and Not Enough Talent For Playoff Push
Episode Date: October 16, 2023The Tennessee Titans need to face reality and play Malik Willis out of the bye week. It is time to focus on the future of this team. Next, tons of #TitanDowns as Mike Vrabel set his team up to fail an...d two starters got benched during the game. Finally, while Derrick Henry and some others played well, the Titans simply don't have enough #TitanUps to win a lot of games.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!DoorDashGet 50% off up to $10 value when you spend $15 or more on your FIRST order, when you download the DoorDash app and enter code LOCKED23. Subject to change. Terms apply.BetterHelpThis episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Make your brain your friend, with BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/LOCKEDON today to get 10% off your first month. birddogsGo to birddogs.com/LOCKEDONNFL or enter promo code LOCKEDONNFL for a water bottle with any order. You won’t want to take your birddogs off we promise you. Jase MedicalGet $20 off these lifesaving antibiotics with Jase Medical 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 at eBayMotos.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
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The Tennessee Titans must start Malik Willis coming out of the bye.
I'll tell you why on today's edition of the Locked On Titans podcast.
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We've got a lot to discuss on today's show.
The Tennessee Titans lost to the Baltimore Ravens 24-16 on Sunday in London.
We got to see a look at Malik Willis and Malik needs to play coming out
of the bye. We're going to talk about that.
We're also going to talk about Andre Dillard and Christian
Fulton getting benched when we do
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But with that being said, Malik Willis needs to play coming out of the bye.
Now, what I will say before I begin, my thoughts on why, where the Titans are at, all of that.
If you think that Will Levis should be playing over Malik Willis,
and you think that it should be Levis that they're putting in,
that's perfectly fine with me.
Feel free to, every time I say play Malik Willis,
if you are someone who wants to see Levis instead,
just hear play Will Levis in your head.
Because what I am advocating for is a young quarterback. someone who wants to see Levis instead, just hear play Will Levis in your head.
Because what I'm advocating for is a young quarterback.
If the Titans want to pick Will Levis to play,
then sure, put him out there.
If they want to pick Malik Willis,
which is what they've been picking all year,
putting Malik Willis as the backup quarterback,
then play Malik Willis.
It's really that simple.
Play one of the young quarterbacks. Now, I say play Malik Willis. It's really that simple. Play one of the young quarterbacks.
Now, I say play Malik Willis at the beginning because, in my opinion, that's who the Titans are going to play.
Malik's been the backup all year.
Everything that we've seen has told us that Malik
is going to get the first crack at this thing.
And based on the improvement that he made from last year
and how he played,
I think that Malik Willis deserves the first crack at it.
What you do is you use the bye week.
The Titans have a bye year.
Use the bye week.
Build in more plays for Malik Willis.
Build in more ways to use his mobility.
More ways to allow his mobility to open things up for other people.
Build the game plan around Malik like you truly would.
Not like he's a backup for Ryan Tannehill.
Build the plan around Malik and see how it looks.
Let him play against the Falcons.
Let him play against the Panthers.
This is a great opportunity for the Titans.
The schedule ended up being tougher.
The schedule ended up being tougher than we thought it was going to be before the season.
Some of these teams are better than expected.
The Colts, the Texans, the Falcons,
the Buccaneers, for example, another team that's better. The Dolphins look like a juggernaut
as well. The Seahawks are a really good team. I mean, the schedule is not easy
going through the rest of the way, but here out of the
bye, there are a couple of games where the Titans could get a good look
at what Malik Willis can really do.
And the training wheels are off with Malik Willis.
There is no more he needs development, this and that, blah, blah, blah.
Everyone's been calling for him and saying, even with the offensive line,
and I agree, with the Titans' offensive line right now,
a 35-year-old Ryan Tannehill cannot survive a whole season
behind the Titans' offensive line.
The only opportunity the Titans have with this offensive line
to play decent football is to have a quarterback who's young with mobility and athleticism. Okay. Now I'm a guy on a
couch saying they need more athleticism than Ryan Tannehill, who is infinitely more athletic than
I'll ever be. And I understand that, but we don't need to compare NFL quarterbacks athleticism to
me. You know what I mean? We need to compare it to each other. And Ryan Tannehill is simply on the low end of the spectrum
of athletic quarterbacks in the NFL starting right now.
So having a guy like Malik Willis and even Will Levis,
who has more mobility and more pop and more juice to him right now
than Tannehill does, having those guys is only going to help you
when it comes to having pressure from the offensive line all the time.
help you when it comes to having pressure from the offensive line all the time.
So,
not only does it maybe give you a better opportunity to deal with a bad offensive line,
but it also gives you an opportunity to look at who might be your quarterback next season and whether either of these quarterbacks you have have a chance to be your quarterback.
If Malik Willis plays three games and he looks terrible,
then you have your answer on him.
And you gave him a full year of development and you gave him a shot to come in and see
what he could do.
And he was doing things in this game, holding the ball, not letting go of it, leaving clean
pockets on the play action pass on his first drive when he had DeAndre Hopkins open on
the right hand side on the out route.
Like he's doing some of those things, but give him three full games.
He knows he's the starter. The game plan is for him and let's see
what happens. The Titans organization lying
to themselves that this team is still good enough to make a playoff run and then
what? What if the Titans do make a playoff run and get in because they're in the
AFC South at 9-8? Then what?
I mean, just face it.
The Titans need to face it
and play Malik Willis,
play him a couple of games.
If he looks bad, then go to
Will Levis. See what you have.
And like I said in my instant reaction,
if both of those guys
play poorly and the Titans
lose a bunch of football games, then you're in position to draft
the next guy.
I mean, and even if you're not in position to draft the next quarterback,
you can get an elite talent. Marvin Harrison Jr., Joe
Ault, Ola Fashanu. I mean, this is
going to be a good draft.
Where last year was kind of a down draft,
the kind of draft where you take a guard at number 11.
This year is expected to be a good draft at the top.
And I just don't see a lot of downside to the Titans going with their young quarterbacks right now,
other than they're not going to make the playoffs.
But even with a healthy Ryan Tannehill, they may not be a playoff team anyways
because they're not good enough.
And if they were in any other division,
maybe they wouldn't even be close
to be considered a playoff team.
So let's not lie to ourselves.
Play the young quarterbacks.
Let's see what we have.
And let's go forward and talk about the future here
because it's just time to accept reality
for the Titans and this loss
and how outclassed they got by a better Baltimore Ravens team
made it even more obvious.
So we're going to move forward.
It's time to talk about tighten up, tighten down.
We're going to start with tighten downs
because we saw Andre Dillard and Christian Fulton get benched in this game,
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Titans fans, let's continue today's Reaction Monday edition
of the Locked on Titans podcast.
I mean, the Titans lose 24-16.
The score was closer than the game actually was.
We talked about Malik Willis, him coming in in that game.
I thought he tried his best, but it still, you know, wasn't great.
But it was a short performance.
We're not going to, you know, judge Malik entirely off of that.
I want to see more of him.
Obviously, see more of the young quarterbacks.
But we're going to move forward here.
Get into tighten up,
tighten down.
Let me know down below who are your guys's tighten ups.
Titans who played well,
your guys's tighten downs,
the Titans who didn't play well.
We're going to start with the Titan debt,
Titan downs,
because it is a loss at the end of the day.
Before we get into it though,
do want to thank you guys again for making the locked on Titans podcast.
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Tomorrow is going to be Tic Tac Tuesday,
maybe even Talking Point Tuesday. We're going to
dive into the tape, dive into
what the big conversations are with this team
going into bye week.
Wednesday is what's next Wednesday.
That's really going to be a look ahead to the rest of the
season. I'm going to look at the rest of the schedule,
kind of talk about where I think the Titans will go from
here. We've got a lot coming up for you here on the
Locked on Titans podcast, so make sure that you get subscribed, stay subscribed,
throw a thumbs up on the video, yada, yada, yada.
Thank you very much.
But starting with the Titan downs.
Number one, Mike Vrabel.
Because Mike Vrabel allowed this team to go over late in the week
after they lost.
Last time they went to London going late in the week. The Ravens lost in 2017
and John Harbaugh decided it would be a better idea to go early.
Three, Sean McDermott, Buffalo Bills coach, said last
week that he regretted basically going over late in the week
and that he would reconsider it going forward if they have to go back.
So, I mean, how much evidence do you want?
How many data points do you want?
How many examples do you want?
The Titans should not have gone over so late.
I talked about it in my reaction, but to practice NFL football on Thursday,
get on a plane.
Hey, sleep on a plane.
Sleep on a transportation vehicle.
Do that.
How does that go?
Sleeping on a car.
Sleeping in a car. Sleeping on a bus. Sleeping on a, well, sleeping on a train may be a transportation vehicle. Do that. How does that go? Sleeping on a car. Sleeping in a car.
Sleeping on a bus.
Sleeping on a, well, sleeping on a train may be a little different.
I love the sound of trains.
It really puts me to sleep.
I digress.
Sleeping on a plane.
It's not easy for a lot of people.
And you don't get restful, good sleep like the restful, good sleep you might need
before you play an NFL football game overseas.
And then you get off the plane
and you go straight to football practice again
and a bunch of media stuff
because you're in a different country and you got to...
The Titans were losing 18-3 at halftime.
Who was the more prepared team?
Who came out ready to play?
The Titans didn't really turn it on until the third quarter. They scored
10 points. They simply were not ready
to play. That's on Mike
Vrabel. And that's a tighten down for Mike Vrabel.
It's as simple as that. Also,
tighten down for Andre
Dillard. Dillard finally benched
in this game. Nicholas Petit
Ferrer came in for him. With
offensive line play
and defensive line play in the run game at least,
I try not to have too strong of opinions right now
because I haven't got to see the film.
And until I see the film, things like the separation from the wide receivers,
which honestly I could tell on the game film from that one,
but like how the run blocking was, who was giving up the most pressures,
was it a stunt, was it a twist, miscommunication,
slide the protection the wrong way.
There's so many factors in the offensive line play
that I don't like to give too strong of opinions early on,
but Andre Dillard got benched,
and I thought Nicholas Petit-Ferrer came in and didn't do a much better job.
I'll check on that with the film,
and obviously we'll talk about that on Tuesday or Wednesday.
But shout out to my everydayers.
Be on the lookout for that.
But outside of Dillard, Fulton struggled again.
I don't know if it was just an injury thing, but Trey Avery came in for a little while
in relief of Fulton.
I thought I saw Fulton back out there, though, later in the game.
So we'll keep an eye on that, whether that was just an injury or Fulton got benched for
performance reasons.
We'll check out that.
Maybe Mike Vrabel talked about that in his press conference already.
Haven't got to, you know, obviously dive into everything like that.
But, yeah, I mean, we see two benchings that everybody was waiting for.
I didn't think it made a huge impact on offense.
We'll have to check.
But a tighten down, obviously, for Andre Dillard.
A tighten down for Aaron Brewer again.
I thought he was bad in the game.
Got to go check. But at least in pass protection, thought there was a lot of pressure
up the gut, a lot of pressure up the middle, a lot of push. Aaron Brewer just simply isn't a
starter in the NFL. I don't know what else to say. He's a really good backup. He's a good depth guy,
but he's just not a guy who should be your starter. He's too small. I'm okay with giving
him a chance at center. I'm okay with the plan, letting him get a shot at it.
But I think the Titans need to address that over the all season, really try to get a bigger,
more, um, uh, bigger, stronger interior offensive line, especially if they're going to be going
to gap runs more often.
They don't need that athleticism quite as much, uh, with down blocks and washes and
stuff like that.
But, uh, yeah, tighten down there.
I didn't think the right side of the offensive line was very good either.
Chris Hubbard and Daniel Brunskill.
I thought they gave up a lot of pressure.
I mean, the Titans gave up six sacks in the game.
Not all of them were on the offensive line.
Malik Willis held the ball and blah, blah, blah.
But still not a good performance
from the Titans offensive line.
It gets a very good defense
and a very good front with the Ravens.
Also, Kyle Phillips.
good defense and a very good front with the Ravens. Also, Kyle Phillips.
You know, I guess I'm considered a Kyle Phillips hater to a point
if you ask the right person online or whatever, but at the end of the day, I just
recognize he was a fifth round rookie who's really small, brittle,
needs to be a punt returner and add special teams value to have
enough value on this team as he's only a one-down player.
He hasn't made an impact as a wide receiver whatsoever
coming back from injury.
He once again muffed a punt.
They can't have him punt return anymore.
What value does Kyle Phillips serve on this team?
Like, he's a one-down player. So, I don't don't know tighten down for Kyle Phillips he's just not
the player that a lot of you guys thought he was coming into the season um NWI dropped a pass in
the end zone look NWI's have a pretty good season for what his role is expected to be but we see why
NWI can't be in an elevated role as a wide receiver too. He can't get separation consistently.
Dropped a pass in the end zone that hit his hands.
It was a dime by Ryan Tannehill, quite honestly.
He just doesn't have playmaking ability.
For a big guy, he's not great at the catch point,
at going up and making combat catches.
He's slow-footed, doesn't run routes very well.
So if they use him as a pseudo tight end,
as like a third wide receiver that's a second tight end really,
he can have a good role and have good performances and do well,
but when he's asked to be more than that is when things really fall off.
You know what I mean?
So we see that tighten down for NWI.
And then Kevin Byard, just, I don't know, man.
He looks slow, and he missed a couple of tackles and was out of position on a few things. He wasn't terrible. He manned. And he missed a couple of tackles.
Was out of position on a few things.
He wasn't terrible.
He manned Mark Andrews for a lot of the day.
I bet his coverage grade is alright.
But just not a playmaker right now.
And with how much he's getting paid,
you know, you need him to make more plays
and just be better overall, more impactful.
So, with that being said,
we are going to get into the tight nubs.
Because there were some tight nubs.
There were some good performances from the Titans. I want to talk about those.
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We talked about why it's time to play a young quarterback.
We talked about Dillard and Fulton being benched
and Mike Rabel making a big travel mistake.
Now I want to talk about some of the Titans that played pretty good.
The problem is there just aren't enough of them.
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But Derek Henry had a pretty good game.
See, here's the thing with Derrick Henry,
and it's something that I will continue to stress.
When you block a play well, when the play is blocked well,
Derrick Henry can bust off a big one.
All right?
12 carries, 97 yards, had the touchdown.
I mean, 63 yards.
If you look at it, it's 11 carries for 34 yards.
And then he had the 163 yard.
So it wasn't brilliant.
It wasn't incredible.
But he had the 15-yard touchdown run.
He had the 63-yard big run to get the Titans in position for another field goal.
Awesome.
Great.
Appreciate that.
But Derrick Henry played well in the game,
and if you give Derrick Henry a lane and the Titans started running those
perimeter runs and those pitches because the Ravens were diving inside,
you get Derrick Henry out in space, you give him a well-blocked play,
and he can still make something happen.
The problem is the Titans don't block a play well enough
to get Derrick Henry going often
enough. You need a back with a little more twitch, a little more quickness. It's the same conversation
as we're having with Ryan Tannehill. If you have a clean pocket and you have wide receivers who get
open, Ryan Tannehill is the better quarterback than Malik Willis or Will Levis for sure.
But when you have a bad offensive line that constantly gives pressure, wide receivers that
don't get open often, the guy with mobility and more quickness might be a better answer.
To me, it's the same conversation at running back with Tajay Spears.
The Titans just didn't block anything well today, and they blocked
two plays well, and Derrick Henry was able to make something happen. So you get your
tighten up for Derrick Henry for sure. When there was an opportunity
to make a play, he made a play.
I'm giving a tighten up to Tajay Spears as well.
Four carries for 15 yards.
No, didn't look awesome, but had the one catch for 48 yards.
It's just so obvious that Tajay Spears is a huge playmaker,
and for him to only get five chances to touch the football,
what are we doing?
What are we doing?
He's got so much burst, so much juice.
How did Tajay Spears only get the ball five times
in a game where the offense couldn't get going?
I don't know.
Also, tighten up for Imani Hooker.
I thought Hooker was all over the field.
I thought Hooker made a lot of plays.
Didn't make a ton of bad plays.
He got called for one penalty.
But I thought Imani Hooker might be the best safety on the team.
I'm going to say that in a soft ASMR voice
and maybe expand upon it later after I get more time in the film.
But anyways, tighten up to Amani Hooker,
who I thought played a good game.
Kyle Pecco, the Titans' run defense was better in this game.
Lamar Jackson ran for 62 yards, but outside of that,
I mean, the Titans gave up 139 yards on the ground,
but 3.6 yards per carry.
Lamar had 62 of those.
So the Titans really, you know, I thought they did a pretty good,
Gus Edwards had 2.6 yards per carry.
I thought the Titans did an okay job in run defense.
I thought Kyle Pecco and Jeffrey Simmons were pretty good up front.
They had the stop on short yardage a couple of times.
Really good job there.
Also, Sean Murphy Bunting had the interception.
I will continue to say, Sean Murphy Bunting has played well this year.
Sean Murphy Bunting has been a hit as a free agent sign.
He did give up one play on a seam to Mark Andrews,
but it was in cover to invert,
and he had to come all the way over from the cornerback position
to get a quick inline seam.
That's a tough play.
So I thought Sean Murphy Bunting had a good game.
The linebackers, Jack Gibbons and Aziz Alshair,
I thought had a lot better game.
The Ravens were just able to throw the ball.
You know?
Lamar threw for 221 yards.
Kind of had his way and then he scrambled as well.
The Ravens are just a better team. That's what it comes down to
here. Also, before we go, Ryan Stonehouse.
Ryan Stonehouse. For him to get Devin Duvernay out of bounds
when Ryan Stonehouse turned around because Devin Duvernay out of bounds. When Ryan Stonehouse turned around,
because Devin Duvernay was going past him,
I thought there was no chance in the world
that Stonehouse was going to be able to get him out of bounds.
Stonehouse adjusted his angle, showed great athleticism,
and went and made a play.
So, shout out to Ryan Stonehouse.
That was an incredible play that saved the Titans four points. Great job by Ryan Stonehouse. That was an incredible play that saved the Titans four points.
Great job by Ryan Stonehouse.
That is incredible effort. Great athleticism.
All pro punter right there.
All pro punter. But the real point
here is there aren't enough tighten-ups.
There aren't enough
game-changing players.
There isn't enough talent on the team.
And I come
back to this.
What the Titans need right now is a first-round offensive tackle,
is a first-round cornerback,
is a first-round wide receiver.
Isaiah Wilson, Caleb Farley, Traylon Burks.
That's what this team needs.
If they had a first-round offensive tackle,
they would be much better as an offensive line
with only having one offensive lineman,
one offensive tackle to constantly worry about
that you can just go help.
And then that left tackle holds down his position
and Skowronski can then help Aaron Brewer more.
And then a first-round wide receiver like all the other first-round wide receivers,
like Garrett Wilson, or Justin Jefferson,
or Chris Olave, I mean, even Drake London.
If the Titans just got a normal run-of-the-mill first-round wide receiver effort
from Traylon Burks,
this team now has a wide receiver effort from Traylon Burks.
This team now has a wide receiver that gets open. They can make big plays.
Hopkins can be the number two wide receiver.
Take advantage of the second cornerback.
Sit down in the zones. Use his craft.
Everything is just out of position
because the Titans don't have high-end talent.
There aren't
enough tight-nups. And that's
really what it comes down to.
With that being said,
I'm going to watch the film on this
and figure out what we're going to talk about tomorrow.
The quarterbacks, offensive line,
I'm going to keep diving into it.
That's going to do it for me today, though, folks.
As always, I'm your host, Tyler Rowland,
and this was Locked on Titans.