We were the best team in the NFL through 18 weeks last year. Unfortunately, our QB decided to have the worst game of his career in the playoffs. A game we probably should have still won despite his terrible play. So I don't get the notion of that we are closing our championship window. We could have easily been playing in the SB if Tanne was just a little less terrible.
The 2020 and 2021 drafts were certainly head scratchers, with 3 of our 1st and 2nd round picks looking like complete busts. There is still time for Farley and Radunz to turn into something, but the fact remains that we have gotten less than 200 snaps total from Wilson, Farley, and Radunz. That's 3 top 53 picks who we have gotten very little contribution from, and even the little contribution they have given hasn't been great. Also, trading up in the 4th round for Fitzpatrick was widely panned at the time and turned out to be a supremely terrible pick who didn't even make the roster to start last season and was waived prior to this season. And it looks even worse knowing that Amon-Ra St. Brown was all of our preferred choice and he looks the part of a stud for Detroit.
Luckily, Jrob has made up for those terrible picks with a few great picks in those same drafts. Fulton and Molden look like studs in their own right. And while it's been 1 game, Weaver was pretty dominant last week and looks the part of a very good pass rusher. Monty Rice seems like a nice rotational player. Even 7th rounder JC Jackson was productive as a reserve player last year.
2022 draftees are looking the part so far as well. McCreary and Petit already won starting roles. Burks and Phillips were our leading receivers this week.
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And also still has his pecker! Needs to lose it pretty real soon…
I had forgotten it too. But this came up on my playlist the other day:
I think I will re-watch it lol
That was actually caused by a wind shear.
https://titansized.com/2022/09/14/tennessee-titans-opposite-week-1/
"It is too simplistic to say that the Titans should ask Todd Downing whether he wants to throw or run the ball and then pick the opposite choice, but unfortunately, that would have actually served them better than letting him make his own decisions last week."
The stats are mind boggling.
"It is too simplistic to say that the Titans should ask Todd Downing whether he wants to throw or run the ball and then pick the opposite choice, but unfortunately, that would have actually served them better than letting him make his own decisions last week."
The stats are mind boggling.
This team is going to have Downing syndrome on offense until Vrabel decides to fire him.
Also, someone called into the radio yesterday and mentioned how Vrabel said they weren't "depending on talent to win." Then they said, "that must be why they're keeping Downing around, because they don't have to depend on talent."
The problem wasn’t the QB in the playoffs, just like he isn’t the problem now. It was the horrible play calling, just as it is now. He had a 104 QB rating last week and the offense was terrible because of the play calling and the fact there is rarely an open receiver due to the terrible system. That playoff game was probably the worst of Downing’s tenure and that’s saying a lot, so you can’t blame Tannehill. Who calls a high risk WR screen after you have ran it all the way down the field to their red zone?
My biggest issue with Vrabel is, when something doesnt work he wont just say "Ok that doesnt work, lets try something else". Nope, he has to double down on it and prove to everyone that it really works even when it flat wont work.
That's called arrogance
Downing must really talk a good game, as head coaches seem to love him. Here is a link to an article when he was promoted to Titans OC that talked about him being the the most hated person in Raider nation for taking them 6-10 after being promoted to OC in 2017.
The prior year the Raiders were 12-4 under a different OC. I think the Titans went 12-5 last year based on talent and a great defense- the offense never looked right. He's the reason why. I know Tannehill gets a lot of flack for the playoffs, but I give him big credit for doing as well as he did in the system last year.
Remembering Raiders’ Todd Downing disaster - Silver And Black Pride
Tanny was horrible in the Bengals loss and not much better the previous playoff loss.
Ryan Tannehill Playoff Stats | StatMuse
But you go on and allow your Downing hate to alter reality.
Tannehill still needs to execute whether the playcalling is poor or not
2 defensive hold calls in the final minutes gave us life... regardless of the Downing Effect...the kicker blew it
Hard to put all the blame on the playcaller when the QB throws 3 picks.
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