NYCPatsFan

In an effort to move on, I thought of creating this thread that hopefully meets Ian's general guidelines.

The news of Titan's second CB breaking his arm is old by now but curious to know the board's thoughts on the 0-5 Titans, who have a rep for playing a bit dirty.

Titans' Harper out up to 6 weeks with broken arm - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

The 0-5 is going to be make them hungry no doubt.

I am tired of seeing every QB torch our D and pray that Vince Young, assuming he starts, does NOT run all over us or has 100 yard passes that will make him look like a genius.

In fact, everytime the opponent has the ball, my stomach has jitters that get powerful every nanosecond aided by this nasty suspicion that they are bound to have the first down and more. Guess I have to look at the bright side that this stomach churns have now been going on for the last three years. :|

Reading Bruschi's article on how our D was forced to play so vanilla in the last game and watching the Jets and Fins D last night made me yearn for the 2001 Pats D that was always confounding and confusing the opponent. Gosh, that sounds so long ago...

PatsDeb

I don't see our D as getting torched, so much, as picked apart because there is no pass rush and the secondary plays way off the receivers. Opposing QBs have time for someone to come free in the middle of the field, behind our D-line and in front of our secondary. They make a 7 yd. throw, and they get another 5 yds. before someone from the secondary can tackle them. It is maddening to watch week after week (and frankly, at this point, year after year). We need some fast LBs (or safeties?) who can patrol the middle of the field and either knock down the passes or intercept them. Tedy B. in your prime where are you?!? We need a serious bump of opposing receivers, we need a decent pass rush and we need to cover the middle of the field. This keep everything in front of you gets old fast when the other side goes up & down the field on every possession. When the game is early and the D is fresh they are able to "bend don't break." But the breaks start happening as the D gets tired.

Whew. All that being said, the Titans seriously stink, and if the Pats can't pull this one out then my hopes for this season will be considerably dimmed. They have no O, and whether it's Vince Young or Kerry Collins out there, we should cruise. Brady will figure things out, IMO and get back on track.

PATRIOTSFANINPA

Better concentrate on Chris Johnson who can torch this front 7 if the DL is not up to task. - I am not so concerned about Young and the passing game.

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supafly

Not sure their team is as bad as their record, they lost close winnable games v. Pittsburgh, NY Jets, and Houston. The Jax game was 20-13 IIRC, then a really bad replay call made it 27-13, then a 4th quarter TD made it 34-13. The bad call kind of took the wind out of them, but the game was close.

I expect a closer game than most, but also think our team will work their butts off this wk. Hopefully we win by 20+ so I can relax for a change.

PATRIOTSFANINPA

If we somehow lose this game to a winless team I can see Patriots Nation downright suicidal like last year when Brady went down.

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BelichickFan

They'll play the WR more aggressively this week, they aren't a threat unlike Marshall and Royal. Totally different situation this week IMO.

patsfan-1982

they will beat the titans

but not the way every one would want to beat a 0-5 team

the pats will have a hard time beating them 17 to 14

PATRIOTSFANINPA

This should be a low scoring game and maybe the last chance for Galloway to show he is not a waste of an aging WR.

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Rob0729

At this rate, the Titan's waterboys may be suiting up to start at CB for the Titans. They are significantly injured in that area. The Pats should be able to pass all over the Titans.

Big-T

If Collins is starting I'd expect to see a more aggressive D with blitzes & bump & run, but if it's VY holding off and make him throw the short-medium passes would be to the Patriots advantage, because it's not exactly VY'S strength is it? and because of Chris Johnson McGowan or Merriweather should be in the box.

21-10 Pats win with Collins starting
28-3 Pats win with VY starting