In this breakdown of Hooker you will see a clear reason our defense failed. Add in a lack of pressure to misuse of personnel and you end up with a cluster.
Film Room: Amani Hooker - YouTube
Film Room: Amani Hooker - YouTube
The very first graph... Kevin Byard only played FS 44.9% of the time..
Idiots trying to say Byard regressed... Geniuses said it was the moron coach playing him out of position...
Idiots trying to say Byard regressed... Geniuses said it was the moron coach playing him out of position...
Excellent breakdown.
YouTube - no flag films. Has a bunch of titans including their draft picks.
For this video, I do wonder how much the lack of practice before the season and how much the injuries effected the performance of the D.
Overall, the disguises seem like they should have worked better but not good execution.
A pass rush would definitely help goad the QB into some bad throws and rushed reads too.
YouTube - no flag films. Has a bunch of titans including their draft picks.
For this video, I do wonder how much the lack of practice before the season and how much the injuries effected the performance of the D.
Overall, the disguises seem like they should have worked better but not good execution.
A pass rush would definitely help goad the QB into some bad throws and rushed reads too.
this 'pass rush' thing you mentioned....
like the analytics department the Titans claim not to have one.
like the analytics department the Titans claim not to have one.
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Hooker replacing Vaccaro should be a plus as long as Byard plays most of the snaps at FS. That robber coverage should be used in a limited way.
IMO JRob had a fantastic draft with Farley, Molden and Breeze. Add in Fulton and that is a major haul of talent and depth. Signing Jenkins basically replaced Butler with a comparable but cheaper option. We should also have an improved pass rush with Dupree and Autry.
JRob did about as well as you could bringing in what we needed on defense with the CAP stress.
IMO JRob had a fantastic draft with Farley, Molden and Breeze. Add in Fulton and that is a major haul of talent and depth. Signing Jenkins basically replaced Butler with a comparable but cheaper option. We should also have an improved pass rush with Dupree and Autry.
JRob did about as well as you could bringing in what we needed on defense with the CAP stress.
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I would agree with this if Dupree isn’t a gimpy so-and-so non-factor this year.
I would agree with this if Dupree isn’t a gimpy so-and-so non-factor this year.
This is where I hope Schwartz asserts himself.
I'm not giving them a pass for lack of preparation. Everyone else in the league had a weird, shortened offseason too.
Agree on the play call not necessarily being wrong, but execution was terrible. That's still somewhat on the coaches for not coaching guys up and fixing those problems throughout the season, but the players definitely carry a big part of the blame too.
Byard is a center fielder... he should never be anywhere else.
I agree on that with all teams going through it. Only “pass” is if this is a new scheme. Not all teams had a new scheme put in place, I’m not even certain the titans did but that execution is really, really bad if it’s not even a new scheme.
One mistake was running the robber look where they obviously saw Byard as the best option but that leaves Hooker or Vaccaro as the middle high safety. Technically the design is to stop crossing routes in the middle of the field but was a real liability on the outside and middle high. The trend in the NFL, unless a team runs a single high safety in Cover 1, is to have two Ss that are interchangeable.
IMO the biggest improvement will be if Farley can be 100% healthy because that allows us to shift away from his side where we had a weakness last year with injury. Maybe we can try being less tricky and actually better in coverage. Any improvement in pass rush and we should see a big improvement.
Honestly, Byard in 2019 took a huge step forward playing more of a hybrid SS / in the box sort of role. I'm not surprised that his FS utilization went down.
Even a slight improvement with our pass rush will make anything we do on the back end look better. Looks to me like the entire defense was a cluster, bad scheme, no pass rush, NB and CB lacking talent, lost our best cover LB....
That is really a bad combination. Reminded me of 2001 where we lost Greg Williams as DC and had a bunch of injuries. Went from one of the best defenses in the league in 2000 to one of the worst in 2001.
That is really a bad combination. Reminded me of 2001 where we lost Greg Williams as DC and had a bunch of injuries. Went from one of the best defenses in the league in 2000 to one of the worst in 2001.
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