Official Pats-Titans pregame thread

[DaBruinz]

Now through 11 weeks:
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The Titans (above):

The Patriots (Below):




Other facts:
Patriots stand at 177 Points allowed (2nd best). They are 1 point allowed behind the Bills. HOWEVER, the Bills have only played 10 games compared to 11 for the Patriots. That's16.09 PPG compared to 17.6 PPG for the Bills.. Titans stand at 254 Points allowed or 23.09 PPG.

Patriots Run Defense is allowing 4.1 YPC.
Patriots Pass Defense is allowing 10.29 YPC.

Titans Run Defense is allowing 4.1 YPC.
Titans Pass Defense is allowing 12.06 YC

Opposing QBs are completing just 59.2% of their passes against the Patriots
Patriots are tied for 7th in the league for sacks. (28)
Patriots are 1st in the league for interceptions. (18)
Patriots are tied for 3rd in terms of the least number of 40+ yard receiving plays allowed. (3)
Patriots are tied for 8th in terms of the least number of 20+ yard receiving plays allowed (29)
Patriots defense has allowed just 5 rushing TDs all year.. That's good for 2nd best in the league.

Opposing QBs are completing 62.5% of their passes against the Titans.
Titans are 8th in the league with 27 sacks.
Titans are tied for 11th in the league with 9 Interceptions.
Titans are tied for 21st in the league in terms of least number of 40+ yard receiving plays with 7.
Titians are tied for 24th in the league in terms of least number of 20+ yard receiving plays with 38.
The Titan defense has allowed 11 rushing TDs this year. This ties them for 22nd..

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Quite frankly I think Bill wants to beat Vrabel real, real bad.

Also hard for me to imagine Vrabel beating him 3x in a row. Bb tends to struggle against coaches who came from his system but is definitely due to get one over on vrabel. Plus having 10 days to prepare, I really like our chances here

 

[Scotty]

The Titans (above):

The Patriots (Below):

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Other facts:
Patriots stand at 177 Points allowed (2nd best). They are 1 point allowed behind the Bills. HOWEVER, the Bills have only played 10 games compared to 11 for the Patriots. That's16.09 PPG compared to 17.6 PPG for the Bills.. Titans stand at 254 Points allowed or 23.09 PPG.

Patriots Run Defense is allowing 4.1 YPC.
Patriots Pass Defense is allowing 10.29 YPC.

Titans Run Defense is allowing 4.1 YPC.
Titans Pass Defense is allowing 12.06 YC

Opposing QBs are completing just 59.2% of their passes against the Patriots
Patriots are tied for 7th in the league for sacks. (28)
Patriots are 1st in the league for interceptions. (18)
Patriots are tied for 3rd in terms of the least number of 40+ yard receiving plays allowed. (3)
Patriots are tied for 8th in terms of the least number of 20+ yard receiving plays allowed (29)
Patriots defense has allowed just 5 rushing TDs all year.. That's good for 2nd best in the league.

Opposing QBs are completing 62.5% of their passes against the Titans.
Titans are 8th in the league with 27 sacks.
Titans are tied for 11th in the league with 9 Interceptions.
Titans are tied for 21st in the league in terms of least number of 40+ yard receiving plays with 7.
Titians are tied for 24th in the league in terms of least number of 20+ yard receiving plays with 38.
The Titan defense has allowed 11 rushing TDs this year. This ties them for 22nd..

@DaBruinz ......thanks for pulling this together

 

[SHOWTIME15]

They don't sound too confident in Tennessee...

 

[Patsgofor4]

Do you think that Deus knows that the Pats have a big game this weekend?

 

[TheRainMaker]

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Do you think that Deus knows that the Pats have a big game this weekend?

Sometimes I wonder why that thread is so active.

 

[Vindicate]

I love how even after 20 years of unmitigated dominance and 6 SB rings, I can still foam at the gash from the IV drip of narrative "goals" that this team, under BB, still manages to have, even after the mentioned dominance. This week, it's beating that fcuk Vrable. Again, another person I like, but this week I hate him, especially after the delay of game stuff last year.

Small storylines outside of the W itself:

Beating Brady (We didn't, but we kept it close, and.. well, not gonna look ahead too far but we could see each other again )
Beating Gilmore
Beating Vrable

 

[patfanken]

I have been on a rollercoaster about this game. Looking at this game even 2 weeks ago it looked like it would take a herculean effort to win. Then after their BAD loss to the Texans, I was wondering if this game could be a gimmee. Then this morning when I looked at the stats of this game and found out the Titans amassed over 420 yd of offense and only gave up only 190, I thought WTF!? How did they lose this by 2 scores. The reason was obvious of course FOUR picks FOUR fumbles (1 lost). Christ Tennessee only punted twice all game and put up only 13 second half point.

Clearly this game was an anomaly. When you lose the TO battle 5-0 then you have NO chance at winning the game regardless of who you are playing. So the Texans didn't beat the Titans. The Titans did that all by themselves. They are NOT going to come close to gifting us 8 shots at turning them over. THAT should be perfectly clear.

Now that being said 420 yds by the offense would be an impressive day against our defense. Against the Texans....not so much. But make no mistake about it, this game is going to be a tough and physical game. Like all these coming games in the next month will likely turn on who makes the fewest TO's and makes the most high pressure plays at the end of games.

We don't know if this team can win tight games at the end of games. So far the in 3 loses the answer has been "no" Can Mac lead us to a game winning 4th quarter drive with time running out, like we saw for 20 yrs with Brady? So far....no clue because it hasn't happened yet.

We are a pretty good team right now, so I believe we will be in all these next 4 games into the 4th quarter. But here's the thing, playoff teams aren't teams that are close in the 4th quarter. PLAYOFF teams are teams that WIN that close game more often than not.

Tennessee is the first team on the agenda and will be an angry and focused group, not likely to be so giving like last week. Mac will NOT have the luxury to take a step back from his upward trajectory if we are going to win. And the defense will have to continue to play at a high level. Can we win this game? Yes. SHOULD we win this game? Yes again. We will be healthy, rested AND at home, so yes we SHOULD win this game. Will we win it if we are sloppy or lose the TO battle? the answer to THAT is no. This is the Titans "its on to Cincinnati" game. Do be fooled by last weeks loss. We are going to get the Titans' best shot come Sunday

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Sometimes I wonder why that thread is so active.

There are a handful of Bradyites keeping that thread alive - maybe 10 of them. Right now, there are probably 50 Brady threads. Ian rightfully created a sub-forum for them.

 

[Mack Herron]

Just realized we are #1 in ppg allowed.

And differential.

 

[ausbacker]

No Derrick Henry combined with the fact the Patriots have a pass rush and can stop the run = forgive me for feeling confident going into this but centered around Ryan Tannehill, that should scare nobody.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

I have been on a rollercoaster about this game. Looking at this game even 2 weeks ago it looked like it would take a herculean effort to win. Then after their BAD loss to the Texans, I was wondering if this game could be a gimmee. Then this morning when I looked at the stats of this game and found out the Titans amassed over 420 yd of offense and only gave up only 190, I thought WTF!? How did they lose this by 2 scores. The reason was obvious of course FOUR picks FOUR fumbles (1 lost). Christ Tennessee only punted twice all game and put up only 13 second half point.

Clearly this game was an anomaly. When you lose the TO battle 5-0 then you have NO chance at winning the game regardless of who you are playing. So the Texans didn't beat the Titans. The Titans did that all by themselves. They are NOT going to come close to gifting us 8 shots at turning them over. THAT should be perfectly clear.

Now that being said 420 yds by the offense would be an impressive day against our defense. Against the Texans....not so much. But make no mistake about it, this game is going to be a tough and physical game. Like all these coming games in the next month will likely turn on who makes the fewest TO's and makes the most high pressure plays at the end of games.

We don't know if this team can win tight games at the end of games. So far the in 3 loses the answer has been "no" Can Mac lead us to a game winning 4th quarter drive with time running out, like we saw for 20 yrs with Brady? So far....no clue because it hasn't happened yet.

We are a pretty good team right now, so I believe we will be in all these next 4 games into the 4th quarter. But here's the thing, playoff teams aren't teams that are close in the 4th quarter. PLAYOFF teams are teams that WIN that close game more often than not.

Tennessee is the first team on the agenda and will be an angry and focused group, not likely to be so giving like last week. Mac will NOT have the luxury to take a step back from his upward trajectory if we are going to win. And the defense will have to continue to play at a high level. Can we win this game? Yes. SHOULD we win this game? Yes again. We will be healthy, rested AND at home, so yes we SHOULD win this game. Will we win it if we are sloppy or lose the TO battle? the answer to THAT is no. This is the Titans "its on to Cincinnati" game. Do be fooled by last weeks loss. We are going to get the Titans' best shot come Sunday

Agree completely. This coming week will show a lot, in either direction. Will show more so than beating up on and winning against crappy teams.

 

[Rob0729]

I haven't followed the Titans much this year. So I admit I don't know much about them. But listening to the radio today, they were saying their defense beats up on finesse offenses, but has struggled against offenses that can be more physical. The Pats seem to fall into the latter.

 

[gtfanboy]

It's going to be a slugfest.

 

[Rob0729]

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Do you think that Deus knows that the Pats have a big game this weekend?

In all honesty, who cares? I will never get Pats fans treat the Bucs like their team and are as interested or more interested in them than the Pats, but that it is their business. They have their forum and for the most part, they keep their Bucs fandom there. As long as this board isn't overrun with threads being Brady centric, more power to them. Let their Bucs pirate flags fly.

 

[Ivan]

Really wasn’t sure where to put this, the Patriots have the best scoring differential in the league, 123 points. Really impressive team in many ways.

 

[Ivan]

I look for our Big Mac Attack to feature rollout passes when faced with interior pass rush.

I’m not sure the Titans can handle the Patriots interior run game, but I agree completely with making great DL play horizontally. Belichick has used that tactic to great success over the years, make them play laterally and wear them down, then go at them.

 

[doesntmatter1]

The Falcons defense and Dean Pees did us a favor. Mac Jones struggled to identify the blitz several times and that can only help us going forward. Dean Pees and Vrabel probably have some overlapping tendencies that Mac can look out for.

I look back at our 2019 game against them and it was a very physical game but we have some key additions that changes things in our favor. On offense, Trent Brown and Owenu is a lot of power added. I liked Sony Michel but he isn't as hard a runner as Harris is. Maybe Mac is irrelevant this game and we just rush it down their throats.

 

[ashley]

Good morning everyone, getting you ready for a Tuesday, the players are back at practice today:

 

[Sicilian]

The Falcons defense and Dean Pees did us a favor. Mac Jones struggled to identify the blitz several times and that can only help us going forward. Dean Pees and Vrabel probably have some overlapping tendencies that Mac can look out for.

I look back at our 2019 game against them and it was a very physical game but we have some key additions that changes things in our favor. On offense, Trent Brown and Owenu is a lot of power added. I liked Sony Michel but he isn't as hard a runner as Harris is. Maybe Mac is irrelevant this game and we just rush it down their throats.

I would add too that we had rookie year Meyers vs the current version (and rookie year N'Keal if you want to count that), plus no one even in Henry's stratosphere at tight end. Plus Stevenson to rotate with Harris so they're both running fresh all game. We have the potential on offense to play a much more physical game than in 2019. If Mac plays his standard game, that should be fine barring wacky turnovers.