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vol4eva said:
Average team, but that was what I expected anyways.
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I'm not sure. They seem bipolar. Either the good Titans or the bad Titans show up. It works out to be average, but this is a strange and inconsistent team. The only consistent thing is that CJ2YPC is awful this year. I do not count the Panthers run defense when judging his performance this year.
 
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They're just inconsistent. I imagine it will remain that way. Three down linemen and letting Ryan pick them apart wasn't a good move. Chris Johnson isn't going to get going running like that either. No running game is going to leave this team with little options.

Liked what i saw out of Locker though.
 
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Calculon said:
I'm not sure. They seem bipolar. Either the good Titans or the bad Titans show up. It works out to be average, but this is a strange and inconsistent team. The only consistent thing is that CJ2YPC is awful this year. I do not count the Panthers run defense when judging his performance this year.
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beating the bad teams and losing to the good teams seems pretty consistent, honestly


they're just middle of the road this year
 
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TrueOrange said:
beating the bad teams and losing to the good teams seems pretty consistent, honestly


they're just middle of the road this year
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I still can't explain the Ravens game though. And no one had beaten the Panthers offense down like that even though they are a bad team. This team can look dominant or like the the worst team on earth at times.
 
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Calculon said:
I still can't explain the Ravens game though. And no one had beaten the Panthers offense down like that even though they are a bad team. This team can look dominant or like the the worst team on earth at times.
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the ravens also loss to the Jaguars and the Seahawks


if anything, they're the ones who are up and down, capable of playing to seemingly any level on the spectrum
 
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#10,483
The Titans fell to 5-5, continuing their up-and-down season. Some will call them inconsistent. But beyond their first two games -- a loss at Jacksonville, a win over Baltimore -- they’ve simply beaten bad teams and lost to good ones.
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felt that summarized it fairly well
 
#10,484
#10,484
Ruud should be the permanent backup at MLB. McCarthy is the MLB of the present and future and clearly the better player of the two. Akeem Ayers is our best OLB.

Locker is the future of the franchise.

Jurrell Casey is the team's best DL.

All are rookies. Draft another WR, a safety, and some interior OL and the Titan's are cooking with gas in the coming years.
 
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#10,485
Wow, as Titans fans, we have an interesting predicament coming up in week 14. Do we root for the Texans or the Bengals?

I see Cincy as our #1 competition for the 6 seed in the playoffs. And I think that's our best shot at making the playoffs. So in that respect, we would want Houston to win.

On the other hand, we are still fighting Houston for the division, and we'll need them to lose all their tough games plus have somebody upset them. If they beat Cincy, we don't win the division.

For us to win the division, we will almost certainly have to beat the Saints. I'll take a wild card berth, but that means cheering on the red-headed stepchild of the AFC South in week 14...
 
#10,487
#10,487
For us to win the division, Houston has to lose to Atlanta, Cincy and Carolina, and we have to beat Indy, Jax, Buffalo and win the rematch with Houston.

If we beat NO, that would help, but I don't see that happening.

I'll have to wait and see Houston play a game with Leinart under center before I decide who I'm rooting for in week 14.
 
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A write up:

ATLANTA -- The Titans are getting mislabeled.

They are not an inconsistent team. If anything, their 23-17 loss to the Falcons at the Georgia Dome made them even more predictable.

Over their past eight games, the formula’s been simple: They have beaten bad teams and lost to good ones.

It’s easy to see they are better than Denver, Cleveland, Indianapolis and Carolina. It’s just as clear they are not in a class with Pittsburgh, Houston, Cincinnati and Atlanta.

The Titans are too sloppy, don’t find enough big plays and don’t match up well enough with quality teams. Ten games into the season, they’re 5-5 and it’s exactly what they deserve.

Sunday they played good enough red zone defense to stay in the game, but could never get back to even from 13-0 and 23-3 deficits.

A look at three key issues for Tennessee coming out of the game:


The quarterback situation: Matt Hasselbeck banged his elbow as he threw late in the third quarter. He couldn’t generate any power on the ball after that, so doctors had him yield to rookie Jake Locker.

“He did exactly what a second-team quarterback should do when he gets an opportunity,” coach Mike Munchak said.

Locker moved right and hit Nate Washington, who stiff-armed a defender and ran to the end zone on a 40-yard touchdown play. In the fourth quarter, working in hurry-up mode out of the shotgun, he ran for 11 yards on a third-and-10, he hit tight end Jared Cook for 22 yards on a fourth-and-17 and he found Washington for another touchdown with 3:09 left in the game.

The defense, however, couldn’t get provide him a chance to engineer a game-winning drive.

Locker finished with a 107.3 passer rating, but the Titans diffused any possibility of a quarterback controversy.

Hasselbeck is sore and he had ice wrapped around the inside of his left elbow and forearm as he spoke to the press. He said he’ll have an MRI Monday. Munchak said he wasn’t about to make a change based on the small sampling of Locker. If Hasselbeck is fine, “he’s the quarterback, there is no doubt about that.”

While Hasselbeck hardly has his best game -- 13-of-25 passing for 124 yards, an interception and a 49.4 passer rating -- the Titans aren’t going to forget how large a role he’s played in many of their good moments this season.

“Jake kind of puts a defense on its heels a little bit, because you’ve got a younger guy who can run,” receiver Lavelle Hawkins said. “That’s taking nothing away from Matt, because Matt is a great mind who knows how to read a lot of stuff and sees a lot of things before they happen. I think either, or is great.”

Making mistakes: Munchak’s Titans were supposed to be a disciplined team that executed precisely. But there was a major lack of precision in key moments against the Falcons.

The Falcons went for it on fourth-and-1 twice in the second half.

They motioned and reset, then motioned and reset again, making it seem like they were merely waiting for the defense to jump. On the first instance, Matt Ryan had the ball snapped and snuck at an unexpected time in the long sequence of shuffling.

And on the second, defensive end William Hayes was flagged for jumping offsides.

“There is no excuse for me doing that, it’s fourth-and-1, I’ve got to be patient,” Hayes said. “They got me.”

He actually got bailed out as Colin McCarthy forced a Michael Turner fumble on the next play and Will Witherspoon recovered it.

That’s when Locker took the Titans on the 14-play, 84-yard touchdown drive that cut the lead to six with 3:06 left.

With three timeouts and the two-minute warning, Tennessee then needed to force a punt to get Locker the ball back.

And on the very first play from scrimmage, safety Jordan Babineaux slipped off Turner, allowing him to spring free for a 27-yard gain. Two Jason Snelling carries and a 6-yard Harry Douglas catch later and Ryan was ready to take a knee three times and shake some hands.

The Titans failed to slow Atlanta’s stars. Ryan passed for 316 yards, Turner ran for 100 and receiver Roddy White pulled in seven catches for 147 yards.

On top of that, the Titans were flagged for 10 penalties. They accounted for 86 yards and five of the Falcons’ 25 first downs.

“We didn’t play smart for 60 minutes,” Munchak said.

Mixed up routes: It seems every game the receivers have at least one mixed-up moment that costs Tennessee a chance or causes a problem.

The Titans were behind only 7-0 when the biggie in this game arrived.

Hasselbeck threw up the left side and Hawkins appeared to be out of position as cornerback Dunta Robinson intercepted the pass.

The receiver stopped running, looking around puzzled instead of pouncing to touch Robinson while he was down. Robinson got up and ran for 14 yards.

Guard Jake Scott yelled at Hawkins over the failure to stop a return. Hasselbeck pointed and screamed as he left the field, clearly annoyed by the way the play unfolded.

Damian Williams, who ran a post on the same side of the field, said the underneath receiver is supposed to cut in if the Titans are running it or cut out if they are throwing it. He said he was partially to blame for not getting the check communicated.

Said Hasselbeck: “I believe what happened is when I checked, Hawk wasn’t looking at me. I think when I checked they were adjusting who was on the ball, who was off the ball. I was trying to throw it to Hawk, yes. I’m not sure if he knew it was a pass or not.”

Mistakes will happen, I understand.

If the Titans are getting 1.1 yards a carry from Chris Johnson, they need to be an exact passing offense, however. Under the previous regime, Hawkins didn’t get on the field much because he was regarded as undependable.

On that and the Titans being average or worse, things don’t appear to have changed much.
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Calculon said:
I still can't explain the Ravens game though. And no one had beaten the Panthers offense down like that even though they are a bad team. This team can look dominant or like the the worst team on earth at times.
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They get in to much of large holes, and did not get any pressure on the QBs vs Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Houston, Cinci compared to what they did in the Baltimore, and Carolina games.
It seem like Ryan had all day.
This team has been a Dr.Jekel and Mr.Hyde team.

The call on Finnegan 2nd time was crap I saw what clearly was a facemask by the offense.
What was inexusable was no call before the half with PI with Robinson on DWilliams. Robinson got beat, and clearly interfeered even before the ball got there.

Jake Locker played terrific leading a comeback to bad he didn't get a chance to finish it. Hasselback is a day to day.
 
#10,493
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Probably not... Losing Schaub hurt Houston for sure but their schedule is pretty easy from here on out, even Leinart could handle it. I got Tennessee finishing 8-8 which I don't think will cut it.
 
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But I could see them losing to Atlanta, Cincy and maybe Carolina.

If they lost those three, we would have to beat Indy, Jacksonville and Buffalo. Then the division would come down to week 17 rematch. That would be exciting.
 
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Keep in mind, we're only 1 game out of the wild card spot. If Pitt beats Cincy next weekend and we beat Buffalo and Tampa, it's a huge step. Cincy still holds the tie-breaker, but we'd be tied with several teams for the #6 seed wild-card spot.
 
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If it were to come down to a 3 way tie with Denver and Cincy, since Denver beat Cincy, it would come down to record within the conference, which at this point is a tie, then strength of victory, which is close between the three teams right now.

I don't think Denver will end the season tied for a wild-card spot, but I could be wrong.

No idea what it would look like with a 3-way tie with the Jets in there, since we didn't play them.
 
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So...this may be a dumb question but are we at least considering benching Johnson in favor of Ringer? He may not have the pure talent that Johnson does but at least he looks like he gives a damn out there. More than likely not going to happen but, it should be considered imo.
 
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BigOrange15 said:
So...this may be a dumb question but are we at least considering benching Johnson in favor of Ringer? He may not have the pure talent that Johnson does but at least he looks like he gives a damn out there. More than likely not going to happen but, it should be considered imo.
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Not a dumb question.
Would they be considering I would not be surprised.
CJ will have the worst season of his career this year, this being something new for him his confidence is low.
I think he's underrated.
Best game CJ had was vs the Worst Rusch D Panthers, had a terrific game vs the Browns even though he had no tds.He's been more successful recieving the ball than running.
 
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Thrasher865 said:
Anybody think we make the playoffs? Our chances would've been decent with a win in Atlanta.
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I'm optimistic so I'm going to say yes.
While the Titans may not win the division it doesn't mean they can't win a Wild Card.
We own the Tie Breaker vs the Ravens they have been laying eggs, Bengals have not been able to beat the Steelers or Ravens, and it has gone South for the Jets and Bills.
The Best chance for the Titans is to win Out.
 
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BigOrange15 said:
So...this may be a dumb question but are we at least considering benching Johnson in favor of Ringer? He may not have the pure talent that Johnson does but at least he looks like he gives a damn out there. More than likely not going to happen but, it should be considered imo.
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So because two to 3 guys get into our backfield every handoff (with an oline that has more holes than Swiss cheese on running plays), it means he doesn't give a damn?
 
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