The OTP | Covering Four Downs from Week 9

that it was advertised to be. It was unlike any stadium I've ever seen before in terms of kind of the design of it, the layout of it. It's loud. They did a good job of creating a venue that really traps noise in there, and it's beautiful. A lot of what they were doing it felt like a show from start to finish. Act super Bowl venue, perfect super Bowl venue. I was thinking about it during the game. I thought I'd come back to a Super Bowl here.

I think that would be fun. For my impressions. First of all, on the noise part of it, and it was loud. I was told by some RAMS personnel that that's not even as loud as it normally is. It was like back down a notch. I'm like, okay, so we'd all have ringing ears today, But I'll put it this way, and Mike, you and I have traveled to just about all of them. I remember the first impressions of at and T Jerry World years ago. It's a

notch above that. And of course in Coach Mack and coach Jeff Fisher were involved in those plans when they moved to La years ago, and he and Coach Mac told us before the broadcast, you can fit Jerry World inside that place, that's how big it is. It was incredible. The facility itself is great. It feels like they have a new sports car and they still don't know how

fast it'll go. I would buy that. I don't think they figured out all the parking and all the bells and whistles and how to get people in and out yet, because they didn't have the benefit of last year to get started with that. I would think that will get better. Oh wait will absolutely it will. And they have plenty of personnel to work those things and do that. But the ingress and egress and those things, I'm sure there's still plenty of kinks to be worked out, all right,

So let's dive in. Are we ready? Oh? I'm I was born ready Mine first down, Rhet Brian, your play that turned the game. This one's easy for me. It's fourteen twelve left in the second quarter and Brett Kern has a fifty seven yard punt that downs it deep into Rams territory. Four plays later, Stafford's picked off by David Long That sets up the Tannehill to Jeff Swam. Two plays after that, Bayern has a pick six and

they go up fourteen to three. Right there, Just that fifty seven yard punt helped set up to me, the bang Bang plays in eleven seconds of game clock to go up fourteen three. It was huge. I think Rhett took three plays, but that's okay. We don't judge. It was an exciting he took my one move. No, it was an exciting game. Mine is the Kevin Byard interception twelve to sixteen left in the second quarter. It was

a pass that was intended for Woods. He runs it back for twenty four yards, ends up with that touchdown. The Titans go at fourteen to three. All of a sudden they have this deficit that the Rams were never able to come back from. Really, and what it did for me and I think it did for the Rams, is establish the Titans defensive dominance in that game. They came to play and they just put their foot on

the gas and never brought it back up. Mine was actually second and nineteen at the Ram forty six with eleven forty nine to go in the first quarter. Matthew Stafford had just been sacked by Denico Autry. It's second and nineteen and then Jeffrey Simmons take Stafford down for minus seven. Back to back sacks, but the second one was more significant to me because it just showed we're

gonna be here all day. The first sack fluke. We've seen teams, especially last year, we would see the Titans make a good play on first down and the other team would come right back, pick up the first down and keep rolling. It was at that moment that it was very evident, this is totally not last year. We're not going away, and we have shown up to punch you in the nose. That's the type of game we're going to play. And they had made it into the

game that Mike Vrabel wanted it to be. If this is a track meet, the Titans get routed, they don't have enough handle on the offense right now to be able to stay with the Rams. But if they can make it a punch you in the nose game, they can win that football game. And that's exactly what they did. I love it. I love it so much. Set it down your stat that tells the story, Amy, you know, I think it's penalties and not the Tennessee Titans penalties.

The Titans only had four penalties for nineteen yards. It's not great, but not terrible. The Rams, however, had twelve penalties for one hundred and fifteen yards, including almost back to back roughing the passer penalties that got very twisted and ended up giving the Titans thirty extra yards in a crucial fourth quarter drive that ended with the Titans getting a touchdown. The Rams just seemed like they were flustered.

They seemed like they were on their left foot and We're just doing whatever they could to try and make something happen. And it ended up in a lot of penalties, and that seemed to be a big storyline throughout most of the game. The Titans defense only allowed three explosive plays for zero points against this Rams offense. Twenty six yards to tight end Tyler Higbee, twenty two yards to Robert Woods, twenty yards to Van Jefferson, and no worse

for the wear. And that goes back to what you emphasized all game yesterday and what Mike Rabel told us on Friday that they wanted to make it the Titans game and not run a track meet with those guys. They did an excellent job of making that happen, and all three of those plays came in the second half where the Titans were firmly in front in the ball

game and in control. The past to Higbee was a screen pass on third down in one The past to Jefferson was a really nice play, but the one to Woods was the one that hurt because that was a third down situation. I thought, overall, my stat that tells the stories Cooper Cup eleven catches ninety five yards. If you'd told me before the game, Cooper Cup has eleven catches for ninety five yards. It's like somebody saying, Derrick Henry,

I'll have twenty five carries for one hundred yards. Fine, I'll give him that because this is a guy averaging over fourteen yards a catch. His longest play in the ball game was seventeen yards and he averaged eight six a catch. The Rams aren't going on all cylinders. When Cooper cup is only averaging eight point six yards per catch period, I thought that that was a key, as they never let him get started in the ball game.

Eleven catch, Yeah, I get it, but they threw forty eight times, so I don't think that's I don't think that's any big deal. Again, sticking with defense stats, I think we're all along the same line that way. Third down your area. The Titans have to get fixed. You know, there's a couple of things. I think it's converting on third downs. This offense works the best when they are converting those third downs and have sustained drives. They only

converted four of twelve third down attempts. That's thirty three percent for those of you who aren't great with the math, and that's not enough. In order for this Titans offense to be really successful and consistently successful, they need to stay on the field. They need to have those long drives. They need to be burning that clock and scoring some points. So Amy's third down is third downs. My third down

on the OTP four d is AJ Brown's drops. And I'm not picking on AJ Brown at all, but with the way things are and their learning life without Derek Henry, the stars have to rule the show. Ryan Tannehill did that. AJ Brown did it in spots, but there was a couple of those drops he had that could have been

crucial third down conversions. They have to have those going forward. Yeah, you can't miss him right now with a lack of margin for error in this offense because you don't have Henry, and that's one of the factors of not having Henry. Nobody ever said it wasn't going to be different without him. We just said the world wasn't going to end, and clearly the world did not end. But it's different. And my stat in my area, they've got to get fixed. Twenty six rushes for sixty nine yards, that has to

be better. Now they got twenty six rushes, that's great, they were able to get in that many running plays, but they have got to be able to run more effectively than two seven to carry absolutely, and I think they will. I think it will get better. Adrian Peterson hadn't carried in a game in ten months, He hadn't carried double digits in a game at eleven months. The foreman hadn't played since the preseason. McNichols has not carried the ball that much this season. So and you're playing

without Nate Davis and without Tator of one. I mean, it's a different scenario. Not saying the world ends, but they've got to continue to up their game as they go forward. In my opinion, that's just what I'm thinking anyone anyone Well, and the AJ Brown thing too for me, you know, defenses are going to look at this thing differently because you know Derrick Henry has that home run thread, well so does AJ Brown, but one of those home run threats is taken away now because Derek Henry obviously

can't come out and play. So AJ's got to be able to put that back over the top and this thing and keep keep defenses honest, keep them guessing, Rett, Brian, one thing that you noticed and wanted to share that is fourth down. This could have been my first down

on a play that changed the game. And this is something I noticed it late in the game when it was Tyler Higbee that had the touchdown, but it was called back after an official challenge for an illegal touch and the Rams had to settle for a field goal. I thought, then this is the night that the Titans just might get this done, because the Titans don't necessarily

get those kinds of calls to go in their favor. True, and I think they had to dig to find the angle because the first angle they were showing on TV was clearly inconclusive. But then they went back and found the step earlier where he clearly stepped out about it. It was clue that first couple of shots it was close, and Mike Vrabel had his own foot out there showing the refs exactly where that foot was on the line in real time. In class, they needed a little model

on the sidelines. He was helping them out make sure they could see where that foot really was. Amy Wells fourth down the one thing you wanted to notice and chair, you know. I am very happy with Adrian Peterson's first outing as a Tennessee Titan. I was skeptical is not the right word. I was interested to see what it was going to look like having him be a part of the Tennessee Titans offense. In a game. You know,

you see him at practice, that's one thing. But I was interested to see how this was going to work. And while statistically it wasn't the most remarkable, showing ten attempts twenty one yards, longest rush of six yards, he had a touchdown, had a reception for five yards. I mean, statistically not blowing anybody out of the water. But I had a chance to talk to him after the game and kind of say, you know, this was a crazy week, Like how you kind of feeling after everything has shaken down,

And he said, you know, it's definitely been different. He said that the thing he noticed was that he clearly didn't have OTA's training camp those times that you get to know guys and you get to kind of understand the little nuances of an offense. And he said that that is going to get better with time. As he's with this team longer, he and Ryan Tannehill will be

able to work more. He in the offensive line, the other guys within the offense will be able to get a feel for each other a little bit more, and it's going to get better. But he said he was one hundred percent definite that this was the right place for him to be and that he could be a contributor, and that made me feel very good. It made me excited. For me, it was Julio Jones. Four catches thirty five yards, well below his average per catch, but he made some

big catches. He accelerated a couple of times. I can see where Julio Jones is going to help this team down the stretch. I can see where Julio Jones is going to continue to come on as they go. They've paced him and it feels like he's starting to get back into the rhythm of everything once again. The Titans

are about to get in a rhythm. A game on Sunday, a game on Sunday, a game on Sunday, a week off, a game on Sunday, a game on Sunday, full weeks a practice right, and full weeks off before the Thursday night game on December twenty third. I think we're about to see Julio Jones get in a rhythm and really be able to help this offense. I'm fired up, and I'm fired up for the OTP four D each Monday. Amy Wells, Rhet Brian of Titan's Radio, thank you for

your outstanding effort. Appreciate you having me. I like it when you're fired up, fired up, it gets me going. The OTP presented by far Bureau Health Plans for Amy and Rhett. I'm Mike Keith. Thanks for joining us for the o T. Welcome to the Big Show where the Legends go. Everybody knows it's our house, Tennessee. Making us to read greatness is meant to be. Now, we got tighting bood running through a vase.