Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans Win Ugly on Monday Night Football: Game Recap, TitanUp/TitanDown & Song of the AFC South

Episode Date: September 15, 2020

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Starting point is 00:00:56 And I know that I had to down quite a few Pepsis to keep me up through this late night, Monday night football matchup against the Denver Broncos that was less than pretty for the Tennessee Titans, but they were able to pull out a big victory in their opening matchup in Denver where they historically have struggled. And I'm going to break down exactly how the Titans were able to do that, start off today's show. With a game recap.
Starting point is 00:01:25 And go step by step throughout the game. To show you exactly how the Titans were able to pull out a victory. From the jaws of defeat. And then we will talk about some individual performances. From the Titans players. And everyone's favorite segment. Tighten up and tighten down. I will hand out my individual awards for the game.
Starting point is 00:01:47 And we will wrap up today's show going over the other results from the AFC South. So we know where the Titans stand within the division going into a week two matchup against Jacksonville. So a lot to talk about on today's show. Against Jacksonville. So a lot to talk about on today's show. Later this week. We will have my Tic Tac Titans film breakdown. Going over the X's and O's of how the Titans were able to pull off this victory.
Starting point is 00:02:14 In Denver. And also we will have the famous crossover Thursday conversation. With my guy from Locked On Jaguars. Tony Wiggins. So a lot coming up this week on the Locked on Titans podcast. Make sure that you are subscribed on Apple Podcast, following on Spotify, or whatever platform you do stream. Also, follow me on Twitter, at TicTacTitans, so you do not miss that film breakdown later this week.
Starting point is 00:02:40 But we have a major victory to break down on opening night. It wasn't pretty, but the Tennessee Titans get the job done. I'm going to break it all down today on the Locked on Titans podcast. Let's get it. The Tennessee Titans capped off opening week in the NFL with a 16-14 victory over the Denver Broncos on the road on Monday Night Football in what would not be described as the cleanest game the Titans have ever played. The Titans started out the game not looking very sharp. played. The Titans started out the game not looking very sharp. They committed a ton of penalties early on, including an ejection for Titans starting linebacker Rashawn Evans after he punched a Denver Bronco in the face. A stupid mistake from Rashawn Evans. One, there is more
Starting point is 00:03:38 likelihood that you do damage to yourself than the other player when punching a man who's wearing a helmet. And then also, Rashawn Evans could receive even further punishment from the league after his ejection from Monday night's game. The Titans followed up Evans' ejection on defense with a stop, but it led directly to the first of many missed field goals for Titans kicker Steven Gostkowski on the night. The missed field goal then turned directly into a red zone touchdown for Denver Broncos tight end Noah Fant. The Denver Broncos were missing star wide receiver Cortland Sutton,
Starting point is 00:04:14 which made it obvious that Noah Fant would be Drew Locke's number one target in the red zone. Unfortunately, the Titans were not prepared and gave up an opening score to the Broncos, allowing them to go up 7-0. But when things are most bleak for the Tennessee Titans, after another 3-and-out, the playmaker known as Kevin Byard, the Titans' safety, was able to change the tide. He caused a fumble, which was recovered by Titans defensive lineman Jeffrey Simmons. The Titans were able to turn that momentum that Byard created into a solid offensive drive, their first solid offensive drive of the night, and were able to culminate that drive with a Michael Pruitt touchdown in the end zone where
Starting point is 00:04:56 the Titans took advantage of the Broncos linebackers with play action in man coverage. The Titans tie up the game 7-7. The Broncos then respond with a good drive, get down to the goal line, where the Titans once again, in what has become a pattern for this defense coming from 2019 into 2020, the Titans were able to make a goal line stand with Jeffrey Simmons making the play on fourth down and stopping a shovel pass to a Broncos tight end on the goal line. The Titans then drive all the way down the field and once again, Steven Gostkowski misses a field goal, his second miss of the night, and the Titans kicking woes from 2019 appear to have
Starting point is 00:05:39 followed them into 2020 as well as that defensive goal line success. The Titans go into halftime 7-7 tied with the Denver Broncos. Coming out of halftime into the third quarter though, we saw the Tennessee Titans offense of 2019. Two long drives in the third quarter, one 6.5 minutes that resulted in the third missed field goal of the day for Steven Gostkowski. And then next, a touchdown on a seven-minute drive to cap off the third quarter with Jonu Smith receiving the touchdown pass from Ryan Tannehill. Tannehill's second touchdown pass of the day. And once again, the Titans targeting the Broncos linebackers
Starting point is 00:06:20 with their tight ends on play action in the red zone. The Titans went into the fourth quarter, and it started a tad bit shaky. They gave up a touchdown to the Denver Broncos, their only truly successful drive of the second half, four and a half minutes culminating in a Melvin Gordon rushing touchdown. The Titans then responded with two three-and-outs in a row, and the offense looked very bleak at that time but the Titans defense responded as well holding the Broncos to two punts in the second half and then with the
Starting point is 00:06:53 game on the line the Titans were able to drive down the field as the clock ticked away surprisingly Denver Broncos head coach Vic Fangio did not take any timeouts to save the Broncos enough time. And with 20 seconds left in the game, Titans kicker Steven Gostkowski, after missing three field goals and an extra point, gets his redemption and sinks a field goal from 25 yards out to give the Titans the lead 16-14. The Titans would not let go of that lead on the Broncos' final drive with 17 minutes left, and the Titans leave Denver 1-0 after what can be considered a very sloppy performance. At the end of the day, though, when you can step out of the emotion of the battle, you
Starting point is 00:07:41 take a look at the Titans' performance. The Broncos have historic success early in the season at home. The Titans as a franchise hadn't beaten Denver going all the way back to the Oiler days, the last time they were able to do that in Denver. So the Titans had some history against them also with the unusual offseason, which hindered all teams. Of course, the unusual offseason is going to lead to more sloppy play early on. The Titans were traveling in this scenario. So, with everything considered, one thing that kept coming back to my mind after the Titans secured that victory is good teams, good teams find a way to win games against teams they should beat when they don't play well.
Starting point is 00:08:26 And the Titans did not play well tonight. A lot of things went wrong for them, but they're a good football team, and they found a way to win. And that's something very important when it comes down to the goals that the Titans have for the season in terms of winning their division, hosting a playoff game, and then possibly getting to a Super Bowl. So the Titans did not play well. Like I said, it was a sloppy game.
Starting point is 00:08:47 They weren't very sharp. But at the end of the day, good teams find a way to win even when they don't play well. So nice to see the Titans be able to take that step. But we are going to dive even deeper into this game and look at some individual performances and everybody's favorite segment, Tighten Up and Tighten Down. This season, get football on your time with NFL Game Pass. You can catch every snap from every game with full game replays and see all of the plays in just 45 minutes with condensed games. You can relive all the gutsy calls, crazy catches, wild comebacks, and breakout stars
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Starting point is 00:10:37 Me, the host of the show. It is 2.23 a.m. in the morning right now. I have to get up in about four hours, but I am way too excited to continue to break down this game and go over my individual accolades, both good and bad, and tighten up and tighten down. So I want to start off with the negatives here, kind of get those out of the way so we can get into some of the more positives. the negatives here, kind of get those out of the way so we can get into some of the more positives.
Starting point is 00:11:04 Although, although he was able to get his redemption at the end of the game, clearly Steven Gostkowski is a Titan down. That one 25-yard field goal Chippy give me at the end should be an automatic field goal. The first three that he missed were all 40 yards. That's a very common field goal in The first three that he missed were all 40 yards. That's a very common field goal in the NFL right now. He missed an extra point as well, which was a huge issue with Gostkowski last year when he went 11 for 15 on the extra points that he got to attempt. So I still consider Gostkowski a Titan down despite him getting his revenge at the end.
Starting point is 00:11:41 The Titans, even though they won this game on a field goal, cannot feel confident about the kicking situation going forward. Deja vu all over again for the Titans in the kicking department. When can Brett Kern get a shot? I mean, at this point, whatever. Give him a shot to kick field goals too. Another Titan down. I know that they got things going a little bit later in the game and ultimately Derrick Henry had over 100 yards, but for most of the game, the Titans offensive line was not getting a lot of push. Derrick Henry had over 30 carries to get to his over 100 yards, his 116 rushing yards. That's 3.7 yards per carry on the day. So have to give a Titan down to not Derrick Henry alone, but Derrick Henry and the offensive line group. Although they were able to amass a solid day on the ground, they weren't as efficient or as effective and it caused
Starting point is 00:12:41 the Titans a lot of problems on offense early in the game and late in the game because the Titans kind of had to, although they were getting yards in the ground game, they weren't super effective. They weren't gashing the Broncos defense. The Broncos were containing the run pretty well. And that led to the Titans not having such big openings in play action where Corey Davis was able to take advantage, but we will get to that in the Titan up. So another Titan down, got two more here, two more Titans, well, three more Titan downs, I guess I will say. We've got a two and a half Titan downs.
Starting point is 00:13:13 The next one, the obvious one, most obvious Titan down of the game is Rashawn Evans. As I mentioned in the first segment, just an absolutely stupid mistake from Evans. One, you're going to punch a guy with a helmet on? There is a better chance you hurt yourself than you hurt the guy that you're mad at. Two, you're going to hurt your team for this game getting yourself ejected.
Starting point is 00:13:35 Three, you're going to hurt your pocketbooks because you get fined for an ejection like that. And then four, there's a chance that because Rashawn Evans you could call it a slap, you could call it a slap, you could call it a strike, you could call it a punch. That was a closed fist strike. And the league may take that very serious. And since this is the first incidence of that happening this season, they might throw the book at Rashawn and suspend him for two more games. So just a really, really
Starting point is 00:14:03 boneheaded mistake from Rashawn Evans there love the intensity that he plays with but that that's an unacceptable mistake from Evans there no matter what and hopefully the NFL because he was ejected so early in the game hopefully they'll consider that time served the last Titan down for me and a little mini rant here is Kalief Raymond. Kalief Raymond was a darling of the offseason of course a limited offseason with limited contact. He is a
Starting point is 00:14:34 tiny guy out there. He had two drops. Every time he got hit on special teams in a return I thought he wasn't going to get up. He's just so slight out there compared to the other NFL players. I don't know how you can count on him long term, and I think what we learned tonight, and maybe it's an overreaction to one game, but I think that throughout his career we've seen this be true.
Starting point is 00:14:54 Kalief Raymond is a deep threat. He's a guy you can take a shot play to, can stretch the defense. He is not going to be a guy you can rely on to have possession catches on important short to intermediate downs and distances. He had two drops tonight and just obviously proved that he's a fourth wide receiver and no more. There are some people out there who were saying that he was the third best receiver on the team. The third best or the best third wide receiver in the NFL. Absolute nonsense. He's not the third best wide receiver on the team, and he's not even an every down wide receiver, quite frankly.
Starting point is 00:15:32 He's a gadget guy, a returner, and the Titans need to make sure that they don't put too much on his plate going forward. And if that means somebody like Cam Batson gets back on the active roster to get a chance in that spot, then so be it. But it's obvious that Kalief Raymond isn't necessarily living up to some of the expectations that were hoisted on him during the offseason. But the half-Titan down that I had was Jadavion Clowney in the second half. So it was obvious to me, and this goes for the entire defensive line, it was obvious to me that the Titans defensive line started wearing down in the second half due to the
Starting point is 00:16:08 limited offseason, the conditioning not being there without preseason games, and then also of course the altitude. That is a major factor when you play in Denver, not only early in the season, but anytime. So especially early in the season when guys aren't in great football shape, especially after a limited offseason when guys are even in less football shape. So that took its toll on the Titans' defensive line late in the game. They weren't getting a ton of pressure, but luckily Drew Locke missed a few throws, and then Harold Landry had a pressure on Drew Locke late in the game in the fourth quarter
Starting point is 00:16:44 that got the Titans off the field on defense that was super critical so when it mattered most Harold Landry was there but in the second half Clowney especially who was very active in the first half Clowney especially in the second half seemed to disappear along with some of the Titans defensive line and their abilities but I attribute that to to stamina and dealing with that altitude and the elevation there in Denver. But that leads me into our Titan ups. Let's put on a happy face, Titan fans, and talk about some positives here. The positive I want to start with going off that last Titan down is Clowney in the first half.
Starting point is 00:17:19 I don't know if they credited him with a sack there on the Drew lock where he, you know, it was a fumble, he kind of laid down. I think they're going to give Clowney a sack on that. Haven't seen the official statistic yet. Could just be a tackle for loss depending on how they rule that with the score, but really like to see that from Jadavion Clowney, and yeah, what I'm seeing here, they did not give him a sack on that. They gave him a tackle for loss, so Clowney was everywhere.
Starting point is 00:17:42 He was playing middle linebacker at points and times during the first half, blitzing up the A gaps. He was coming off the edge. His aggressiveness got him beat and got the Titans in a bad spot a few times on runs where he flushed too far up the field. But overall, really liked his activity level, really liked his disruptiveness in the first half. Just have to get him to give that kind of ability and give that kind of effort
Starting point is 00:18:05 throughout the entire game but I don't think it's it's his effort level I think that it's the altitude and conditioning things that are playing into that with the entire defensive line but first half Clowney was awesome to watch super disruptive on the defensive side of the ball still Kevin Bayard once again when the Titans need it most Bayard always makes again, when the Titans need it most, Bayard always makes a play. When things are down in the dumps, it's looking like the team can't do anything right. Kevin Bayard always makes a play. He forced the fumble in the first half that led to the Titans' first touchdown. What else can you say about the mayor of Murfreesboro? The leader for the Titans team.
Starting point is 00:18:39 When it mattered most, Kevin Bayard stepped up, made the turnover, led the team with eight tackles on the day as well, almost had the interception to seal the game late in the fourth quarter on a diving attempt. So nothing more to say. Byard had a little bit of struggles in coverage against Fant early on, but the Titans erased Noah Fant in the second half of the game. Really impressive there to be able to adjust at halftime, but that's something that the Titans always do. One other thing I want to mention about the defense as a Titan up is you look at the Denver Broncos possessions in the second half. They had six possessions in the second half, a total of 10 minutes of possession
Starting point is 00:19:15 in those six drives, and four and a half minutes of that possession came on their lone touchdown drive at the beginning of the fourth quarter. So that means five possessions in the second half for the Broncos resulted in five and a half minutes of possession. It's about a minute per possession there for the Broncos in the second half. The Titans completely shut them down outside of that fourth quarter touchdown drive to start out the fourth quarter. So shouts to the defense in the second half. They were great last year adjusting at halftime. Think about that Raiders game when it was 21-21. The Titans shut them out and then scored 21 on their own in the second half.
Starting point is 00:19:54 Things like that showed up all year last year in 2019, showing up again for the Titans here. A great second half from the defense. They really limited the Broncos and other than that touchdown drive was really impressed with what they were able to do with that altitude and with those conditioning issues that they had to deal with. So let's move to the offensive side of the ball. Number one, Ryan Tannehill. He was carried. Tannehill had a great game, 29 for 43, 249 yards, two touchdowns. The Titans weren't very efficient on the ground for most of the game, and Tannehill really had to step up when it mattered most in complete passes. He was able to do that at the end of the game
Starting point is 00:20:33 and lead the Titans down to a potential victory that Gostkowski was able to seal with that made field goal, his only made field goal of the day. Tannehill was having success because he was finding his targets. Corey Davis, seven catches, 101 yards. His first 100-yard game since Week 10 in 2018. A contract year for Corey Davis. It was a question whether or not he would play in the game before kickoff
Starting point is 00:20:59 because he was dealing with some injuries on his lower body. The hamstring, of course, but Davis was able to play and was magnificent for the Titans on those play-action crossers over the middle early in the game and some catches late for the Titans as well. Jonu Smith, four catches, 36 yards, a touchdown, really effective getting the ball short routes and then using his run- catch ability. And then also, I'm going to give a half, a half tighten up to the other two Titans wide receivers.
Starting point is 00:21:32 Adam Humphreys, six catches, 47 yards. I said on Twitter that Adam Humphreys not only has had a rough start to his career with injuries with the Titans, but every time he has a catch in his entire Titans career, it seems like he has to avoid not only the defense, but homicide. I mean, every time Adam Humphries gets a catch, he gets crushed. Six catches, 47 yards, not a massive day, but really made some catches when it counted for the Titans to move the sticks. A star in his role. And then A.J. Brown, in my my opinion was clearly injured throughout a lot of the game clearly banged up but five catches for 39 yards a couple physical catches so those
Starting point is 00:22:11 two just stepped up when they needed to step up even if they weren't massive games but Corey Davis seven catches 101 yards Johnnie Smith four catches 36 yards in that valuable touchdown at the end of the game. A really solid performance from the Titans receiving core their pass catchers, even if it wasn't a blowout day statistically. So that's the Titan up and the Titan down. We are going to cap off tonight's show heading into a 3 a.m. dismount talking about the other members of the AFC South and our song of the AFC South recap taking a look at the other Titans division rivals performances over opening weekend. With the ever increasing number of makes and models it's basically impossible for a chain store to stock
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Starting point is 00:24:45 that is the NFL record for the longest football game ever. I mean, everything that could go wrong was going wrong. It seemed like the Titans' offense just couldn't get in rhythm. Drew Locke had some good moments. You were worried about that. The field goals. Jonathan Joseph got injured. Rashawn Evans ejected.
Starting point is 00:25:05 Taylor LeJuan got injured for a moment. I mean, things just looked so bleak for most of the game. Again, back to my point at the end of segment one. Good teams. Good teams find a way to win these games. So, just really impressed with the Titans to, to pull out a victory there when things were just going against them as much as they possibly could. Another big shout out to Ryan Tannehill. I mean, what a game for Tannehill. Had some shaky moments, some pocket presence
Starting point is 00:25:39 issues, taking a sack here and there, almost had an interception, but man, when it mattered most, he let them right down the field, right for a field goal attempt to win the game. So big shout out to Tannehill. Once again, a good team finding a way to win when they didn't play well. So big appreciation there, but let's talk about the other results from the AFC South in our song of the AFC South recap here. Let's talk first of all about the Houston Texans and the Houston Texans played the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs. I'm not going to crush them for losing 34 to 20 on opening night in the Super Bowl championship reveal, the rings, everything that goes into the ceremony on opening night for the Super Bowl champion. Hard to blame the Texans for losing that game,
Starting point is 00:26:26 but man, the way that they lost it looked really banged up in the secondary. David Johnson looked okay running the ball, but nothing that I'm concerned about. The Texans' offensive line was a disaster, especially their right tackle, Tyus Howard, was getting roasted all game. And quite honestly, taking a look at the Texans on offense, they could use a real number one wide receiver. I mean, that's the reality at the end of the day.
Starting point is 00:26:57 They got a bunch of number twos and number threes out there at wide receiver. Nobody that could consistently get on the same page with Deshaun Watson. It felt like Watson was running for his life throughout that game. So the Texans don't have a lot of guys who are just going to be able to get open on their own without the benefit of having DeAndre Hopkins pulling the attention away from them. And the Texans offensive line, quite frankly, isn't good enough to sustain success in the run game or give Deshaun Watson consistently enough time to to get those guys a decent pass since they're not getting adequate
Starting point is 00:27:30 separation so I still think the Texans are going to be a formidable team I had them getting that last wild card spot in the AFC don't feel as confident in that now but I do still think that that could be the case but the Texansans, in my mind, really got a lot worse over the offseason, and although a loss to Kansas City doesn't nail that coffin, I still think that that was evident by some of the things that we saw in that game. Moving to the more interesting game for me, I told you guys all offseason, I told everyone that would listen, guys all offseason. I told everyone that would listen. The Colts aren't that good.
Starting point is 00:28:05 Now, I don't think they're as everyone wants to, you know, throw dirt on their grave. I still think the Colts will be a competitive team. 7-9, 8-8, maybe 6-10 if things go awry. But, Phillip Rivers had two interceptions. He should have had a third interception.
Starting point is 00:28:22 The Colts don't have anybody who's special at wide receiver. T.Y. Hilton's older. Paris Campbell's good, but he's not a stud. Michael Pittman Jr. is a rookie. They still played Zach Pascal a lot. Jack Doyle, come on, give me a break here. Serviceable guy, but he's not someone you've got a game plan against.
Starting point is 00:28:41 The Colts don't have anybody special as a playmaker. They lost Marlon Mack. The offensivets don't have anybody special as a playmaker. They lost Marlon Mack. The offensive line didn't look fantastic. They still looked good, but they didn't look fantastic. On the other side of the ball, the Colts' interior defensive line got mollywhopped. Grover Stewart was terrible in the game. The Jaguars' interior offensive line, I thought, did pretty well against DeForest Buckner as well. The Colts, like I said about their skill position players, they don't have anybody of note in the secondary. Rakia Sin, Xavier Rhodes, Kenny Moore, Kari Willis, Malik Hooker, nobody making
Starting point is 00:29:18 plays. Darius Leonard is pretty good. And like I said, Buckner is pretty good, but Autry is terrible in run defense. Grover Stewart was terrible in run defense. Justin Houston is older. He's not known as a run defender right now anyways, so I just don't see what everybody got so excited about with the Colts. Phillip Rivers gave them a proper introduction into what he's like as a quarterback. A really great game for the most part, except two turnovers that really hurt his team
Starting point is 00:29:46 and didn't get the job done when it mattered most. Hello, Phillip Rivers. Enjoy that, Indianapolis Colts. Moving to the Jaguars. The Jaguars looked all right. Garner Minshew, 19 of 20. That was pretty incredible. But again, I wasn't impressed by what the Jaguars did.
Starting point is 00:30:02 I thought that their wide receivers are not stellar, but they're still better than the Colts secondary, so they were able to get open. James Robinson had a decent day, but nothing special. I didn't see anything special from him. He's just another guy as a running back. And on defense, C.J. Henderson had a good day in his rookie debut, but other than that, nothing special from the Jaguars secondary. Miles Jack had a
Starting point is 00:30:25 pretty good day. Their defensive line was a little bit more stout than I expected, but the Jaguars are a bad team. They're not a good team, and that showed up on tape as well. I think the big shocker here is just that the Colts really aren't that great of a team either, but not a shocker to me. Anyway, that kind of wraps things up. Right now, the Titans are 1 1-0 leading tied with the Jaguars going into a game in week two where they face off at home against Jacksonville. So the Titans have to handle business next week and they'll be leading the AFC South which hopefully they're able to do wire to wire throughout this season. But a big game against Jacksonville. My big takeaway here is Jacksonville, if they were coming off a loss, they would be hungry, they would be motivated, but Jacksonville may be feeling good
Starting point is 00:31:10 about themselves after beating the offseason darling Colts, and that could play right into the Titans' hand after the Titans played a very sloppy game, and the Jags played probably one of their better games of the year, so hopefully that means the Titans can come out and dominate the Jags as they are wont to do. But that is going to do it for me today. That's going to wrap up Song of the AFC South. As I mentioned at the beginning of the show, Tic Tac Titans film breakdown coming later in the week.
Starting point is 00:31:37 Our Watch Wednesday, a new segment idea for a new day for me going into this 2020 season with kind of the scheduled shuffling that took place with Crossover Thursdays coming on Thursday. And speaking of that, I love talking to Tony Wiggins from Locked On Jags. He's one of the OG members of the Locked On Podcast Network, and I'm going to be talking to him on Thursday in our next edition of Crossover Thursday. So film breakdowns coming this week, talking more about the scheme and the X's and O's of the game.
Starting point is 00:32:07 Crossover Thursday, another game preview on Friday. The NFL season is now in full swing, so make sure that you are locked in to the Locked On Titans podcast on whatever platform you stream, and follow me on Twitter at TicTacTitans as well for additional content, including the visual version of my Tic Tac Titan film breakdowns. But that is going to do it for me today, Titans fans. 3 a.m., but I'm still hyped from a week one Titans victory on Monday Night Football. As always, I am your host, Tyler Rowland, and this was Locked on Titans.

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