SUMMARY: Saints QB Todd Bouman tossed a 22-yard touchdown pass to Lance Moore with 3:30 left as the Saints rallied for a 19-16 victory over the Tennessee Titans. The game was the first for Saints RB Reggie Bush who had six carries for 59 yards including a 44-yard scamper on a broken play. Titans QB Vince Young was 4-of-11 for 56 yards and ran four times for 28 yards. WR Roydell Williams dropped a perfect Young pass which would have been a big gainer. Titans RB Chris Brown had nine carries for 47 yards which included a 21-yard run. K Rob Bironas had a big night with three field goals and numerous deep kickoffs. Rookie RB LenDale White did not dress for the game due to an incident earlier in the week. DT Randy Starks also did not play because of being charged Saturday with misdemeanor domestic assault.
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Vince got much needed reps in NFL game action. Came out of it (apparently) healthy.
Sounded like most of our starters played well.
We lost a meaningless game.
Let's move on to the next one.
Sounded like most of our starters played well.
We lost a meaningless game.
Let's move on to the next one.
only one td given up and in the fourth quarter at that. not bad. too many big plays though.
although i would like to see us put more points up.
although i would like to see us put more points up.
we can thank Bironas and Roydell for keeping 10 points off the board
That shank by Bironas was due to a poor snap Hentrich received. Bironas was actually one of the bright spots for the Titans tonight.
Bironas didn't cost us anything. Williams drop is another story but no guarantee we would have even scored if he caught it
i have to say i was not impressed with reynaldo at all(sorry gunny)
Hit the nail right on the head Bigtitan.... too many big plays. Although after those big plays our red-zone defense played very well. If my memory serves me right they had like 5 red-zone posessions and scored only 1 td. pretty good
feels good, oh yeah!
When the starters were in, the Titans played pretty well on offense, defense, and special teams. Special teams especially were a standout (except for the high snap on the 56 yarder). For the first time in quite a while I feel good about the Titan's chances to make a decent run. Volek looked really sharp in his reads, throws, evasion etc. His numbers were misleading because of some dropped balls:irked: It seems like we are constantly almost making big passing plays. Almost because the receiver drops the ball(both literally and figuratively). The good news is that our receiving corps looks the best it has since Mason left. Perhaps the Titans can find a cure for dropitis, open up a great passing game, and make room for Brown, Henry, and maybe even White to gash the opposition on the ground. Stranger things have happened. For the most part I am heartened by what I saw tonight.
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When the starters were in, the Titans played pretty well on offense, defense, and special teams. Special teams especially were a standout (except for the high snap on the 56 yarder). For the first time in quite a while I feel good about the Titan's chances to make a decent run. Volek looked really sharp in his reads, throws, evasion etc. His numbers were misleading because of some dropped balls:irked: It seems like we are constantly almost making big passing plays. Almost because the receiver drops the ball(both literally and figuratively). The good news is that our receiving corps looks the best it has since Mason left. Perhaps the Titans can find a cure for dropitis, open up a great passing game, and make room for Brown, Henry, and maybe even White to gash the opposition on the ground. Stranger things have happened. For the most part I am heartened by what I saw tonight.
)I'd have loved to se Bennett catch that deep ball from Volek, I was hoping they allowed him to throw the deep one.
Volek was solid, VY threw like a rookie (but ran well), recievers was average, running game was ok. Starting defense looked agressive and hard hitting (even Woolfolk did good), good coverage on ST.
For now, it looks better than expected.
Volek was solid, VY threw like a rookie (but ran well), recievers was average, running game was ok. Starting defense looked agressive and hard hitting (even Woolfolk did good), good coverage on ST.
For now, it looks better than expected.
I also thought Odom looked good, both playing the end but also inside. Hill was our weakpoint today for the starting defence, no question.
Didn't really see much out of Sirmon, Bulluck, Hope or Thompson.
Didn't really see much out of Sirmon, Bulluck, Hope or Thompson.
I have to admit to being a little disappointed. It seems like more of the same as last year (and maybe it has to do with second stringers and I am reading to much into a preseason game). The Titans have a great first half and then they come out completely flat, it is like the second half adjustments are just not there. They just looked inept the whole second half, add to that VY getting hurt (or almost getting hurt) in a meaningless game, Starks getting arrested pre game, and more penalty action from Pacman. Well, I won't get too upset until the regular season starts but I am not happy.
I know, I know.Hoffa said:
I just had such high hopes and the Titans just didn't live up to them last night. I haven't given up, I am just lowering my expectations until they give me a reason not to.
Edit to add: I mean Schwartz is still D Coord.....
I liked LaBoy's sack, got to him well.
Overall I liked the D-Line in the 1st half, so there's hope there.
Overall I liked the D-Line in the 1st half, so there's hope there.
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