Robbie Gould had a monster performance against the Tennessee Titans last week, going six-for-six on field goals including the last second game winner from 45 yards out to give the 49ers a 25-23 victory. It's safe to say his performance silenced some of the trash talk coming his way from Titans players, which he said there was plenty of.

Gould spoke a bit about the talk he heard from the Titans during an interview on the 49ers.com Studio Podcast this week. The 13-year veteran said not many teams talk a lot of trash, but what he heard from the Titans last week was the worst.

"There's only been a few that I've been around that do," Gould said. "Tennessee was probably the worst team that has done that in my career. But it is what it is; it's football. It's part of it. They want to win, I want to win, and obviously it fires you up and gets you excited. It's a big part of it, and I'm never going to back away from a challenge. I'm going to go out there and do my job and let you know it's going to be a long day."

There were two times in particular Gould got into some back-and-forth with Titans players, which he said he used as motivation.

"It happened twice last week," Gould said. "The more people talk to me and chirp, the more it fires me up and the more excited I get to show them that it's going to be a long day for them and it's going to be a pretty successful day for us."

Sunday's outing was enough to win Gould his second NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honor in three weeks and was part of an NFL-record stretch of 15 made field goals in three games. The Titans won't be the last team to try to get in Gould's head, but he doesn't plan on backing down from anyone who does.

"I'm a very competitive person and I'll never back away from a challenge," Gould said. "It doesn't matter what it is, it doesn't matter who it is. I'm not one to run away from something even I don't know I'm going to be able to win, but I think that's what I'm built upon. I think that's what makes me different than other kickers and other athletes I've been around."