It all starts up front.

For the Titans to have success this Sunday, they must execute that statement. The Titans head to the unfriendly environment of the RCA Dome this Sunday to face off against the 11-0 Colts, and to upset the NFL’s version of Goliath, the Titans will need to be free of mental mistakes.

In the Titans 31-10 loss at home in Week four to Colts, they committed mental mistakes that cost them momentum and kept the Colts offense on the field.

Five of the nine penalties the Titans committed against Indianapolis came on false starts or offensive holding calls.

Titans offensive line coach Mike Munchak said his unit will approach this weekend’s match up as just another game, but can’t give the Colts any extra yardage on mental mistakes.

''Its just concentration like any week,'' Munchak said. ''Especially on the road where things are going to be a little harder to hear. You’re on some silent counts, a lot of things are going on, [the Colts] defense yells a lot, and they play the game. They are going to yell the cadence and try to get you to jump, so we just have to concentrate and put that stuff behind us. We can’t afford to lose five yards on a dumb mistake like that so it’s definitely going to be a premium this weekend when you’re playing on the road.''

Munchak said most of the penalties from the first match up occurred when players were too eager to make plays and said it was not due to a lack of communication in the offense.

''It was just anticipation,'' Munchak said. ''It was earlier in the season and guys were excited. There are a lot of reasons why guys jump and sometimes it’s the cadence being held because of motion, sometimes it’s just a mental thing. They’re excited and go in and rock off just a little too soon. Hopefully most of that is behind us and if you want to be a good team you can’t do those things.''

Many of the Titans offensive lineman complained of the Colts defensive front barking out Steve McNair’s cadence, which may have played a factor in some of the false starts. Munchak said he won’t make a big deal about that this week because it happens throughout the NFL.

''[All NFL teams] do that,'' Munchak said. ''I think that’s just part of the game. That’s the game within the game. That’s things that go on in the trenches. Guys say things trying to find a way to get an advantage, studying film, listening to Steve’s voice.''

''You just have to find a way to sit tight and listen to Steve’s voice and only move when you have to.''

Munchak said being able to hear may become the biggest obstacle for the offensive lineman this weekend. Munchak said the Titans offensive lineman will experience the hardest part of their job on Sunday when the RCA Dome gets loud.

''That’s one of the tough things about being an offensive lineman,'' Munchak said. ''When you go on the road you’re at a disadvantage. If you watched the Monday night game, you saw Pittsburgh – same thing. There’s an awfully good [Steelers] group out there and they struggled because, again, not being able to hear. You loose a big advantage when you can’t hear the quarterback, especially with [the Colts]. Those guys are good players. You’re not playing against guys that aren’t very good. You’ve got some great speed and great athletes, so they make it worse than it is.''

''It’s just a dome,'' Munchak said. ''They’re tough because it doesn’t have to be crowded. The fans don’t have to be loud. You can have 30-thousand people there getting after it, I remember from the Astrodome days when we were struggling with our record and we’d have 35-thousand and it sounded like it was a 100-thousand in there because it echoes and make so much noise and it’s hard for the offensive lineman to hear.''

Apart from the noise factor, the Titans will have to contain a Colts defensive line that has produced 35 quarterback sacks on the year.

''They play hard,'' Munchak said. ''Every one of them plays until the whistle. They’ve got a lot of team speed. It reminds me of the Pittsburgh days when they always had that defense that could run down receivers, run down quarterbacks, they can recover. So if you have them blocked, they are going to give you two moves, three moves, because they have that kind of agility, quickness, and balance. They are under-sized but they make up for it with that kind of quickness they have.''

Munchak said to win, the Titans must play team football and execute from all areas.

''We’re all in this together,'' Munchak said. ''It’s not just the five up front, it’s the tight ends, it’s the running backs chipping, guys getting open for us, Steve delivering when he is supposed to, and we know we’re all part of it. We go up there and if we want to win we have got to do those things consistently throughout the game.''