Patriots Pregame Thread Titans Fire Head Coach Brian Callahan / Week 7 Pregame Discussion

[Uptown]

 

[The Gr8est]

Jerod Mayo played for Tennessee.

He should have been the interim hire.

His revenge game against the Pats.

 

[BobDigital]

If you want to see how bad the Titans are, don't look at their losses. Look at their lone win and the amount of weird/lucky/stupid plays it took to make them able to win by an almost missed last second chip shot FG.

 

[Tunescribe]

If you want to see how bad the Titans are, don't look at their loses. Look at their lone win and the amount of weird/lucky/stupid plays it took to make them able to win by an almost missed last second chip shot FG.

Or, you could just look here:

 

[PP2]

Jerod Mayo played for Tennessee.

He should have been the interim hire.

His revenge game against the Pats.

He already had his revenge game, the last game of last season.

But in typical Mayo fashion, it backfired on him because we got our franchise LT as a result.

 

[Gumby]

So…

Would firing your HC just before the SB improve you chances of winning?

By +100% if you were the 96 Patriots.

 

[Gumby]

Reiss seemed to allude to the fact that while the OL has struggled immensely in the run game, there have been holes that our RBs aren’t hitting for whatever reason. Also, Bradbury mentioned after the game that if the RB/OL could “just finish” they’d (obviously) be much more productive. So, apparently there are holes that we’re not seeing in time, which in turn stagnates the offense. With that being said, we still need to add a RB because we’re one injury away from having the 33rd ranked rushing attack.

I understood the quote to mean the OL-men weren’t holding & finishing their blocks until the RB was THRU the hole, not a critique but rather a defense of the RBs and owning it on his own subteam group.

 

[KCSVEN]

He already had his revenge game, the last game of last season.

But in typical Mayo fashion, it backfired on him because we got our franchise LT as a result.

Well, we could have traded from 1 to 2 and got a future first and more and from 2 to 4 for another future first and then still taken the franchise LT so Mayo is still ass, as Cam Ward would say.

 

[n1997y]

By +100% if you were the 96 Patriots.

Too soon

 

[KCSVEN]

Reiss seemed to allude to the fact that while the OL has struggled immensely in the run game, there have been holes that our RBs aren’t hitting for whatever reason. Also, Bradbury mentioned after the game that if the RB/OL could “just finish” they’d (obviously) be much more productive. So, apparently there are holes that we’re not seeing in time, which in turn stagnates the offense. With that being said, we still need to add a RB because we’re one injury away from having the 33rd ranked rushing attack.

On film it's pretty much everyone but Will Campbell's fault depending on the play. Moses has been solid enough, but the only good, consistent run blocker is Campbell. Joe Thuney brought back at G would have been fantastic.

It seems every running play someone different makes the mistake. Wilson not blocking well at second level, Bradbury getting tossed aside, Onwenu getting beat inside on a play the other way. The running back being too fast to the hole or to slow to the hole. The play design asking a guard to block a LB that's already got a step on him.

All that said there are many plays they run well. First 2 run plays are perfect example of the potential and also the issue of consistency.

They have a 6 yard run, with 7 defenders within 5 yards of the line and TE's near the line. Will and Jared double team, Hooper kicks out, Bradbury is at the second level, Rham hits the correct hole, met by the safety that ran up. Solid blocking, Onwenu really the only guy not winning but wins enough. Run is basically up the middle but more over LG and works well. Thay CAN do it!

NEXT run play. Only 6 in the box, TE goes out to block DB as they do the fake WR screen then hand off to Rham.
Everything is a mess. The RE is lined up between the C and Guard. So Bradbury decides he will take the RE. Meanwhile Campbell crashes down on the same guy while Wilson goes behind Campbell to block the LB. I assume this is to make it appear like Wilson is going to go out to block the WR screen, maybe?

Since Bradbury blocked the same guy Campbell was crashing down on the middle LB 5 yards in front of Bradbury just beelines for the backfield. Campbell sees it and gets off the block but no way in a million years is he fast enough to get to the LB. Bradbury should have chipped the DE, let Campbell finish and come off for the LB. Terrible blocking scheme. Was it on Bradbury or the coaching I don't know.

At the same time Onwenu is beat and Rham has to sidestep, slowing his momentum and the unblocked LB is now 3 yards in the backfield, and the other LB has gotten around Wilson to help. IF Onwenu made a slightly better block then Wilson's guy would not have gotten into the play, but since Rham had to stutter steps he gets involved. It's all moot because the unblocked LB is 3 yards in the backfield untouched.

One play executed really well and 6 yards. Next play, bad play design or bad coaching of the blocking added to Onwenu physical failure, and a little bit of Wilson getting beat but the bigger issue was Bradbury not blocking the LB. Josh really needs to stay away from these slow developing run plays. The line is not good enough.

 

[n1997y]

I understood the quote to mean the OL-men weren’t holding & finishing their blocks until the RB was THRU the hole, not a critique but rather a defense of the RBs and owning it on his own subteam group.

I’m not sure how OL holding and finishing their blocks would help solve RBs being tackled in the backfield, which I recall seeing much too often in NO. Unless he meant the kind of holding that gets colored fabric squares thrown on the field by the guys in striped shirts?

 

[patsinthesnow]

Not all 1 win teams are created equally. The saints have a good playcaller at HC, a QB playing at a starter level & a pretty good WR duo. They also have some good vets on defense. The titans are horrible. This game shouldn’t be close.

 

[PatsfanTN]

Or, you could just look here:

This is exactly how she is viewed down here.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Or, you could just look here:

Her dad didn’t know what he was doing either. But he still knew more then her.

 

[turkeyneck]

Or, you could just look here:

She should look into getting a Mark Davis hairdo.

 

[TommyD4207]

Or, you could just look here:

True, although it's not like Bud Adams was some paragon of NFL ownership.

 

[maust]

What I noticed was the flat out speed of that O-line!
I don't believe I've ever seen one that could run away from a defense that fast. With that kind of speed those guys shouldn't be blocking for a ball carrier, they should be the ball carriers

 

[JMC00]

the defensive front was very lethargic against the saints

it really wasn't

 

[Tunescribe]

True, although it's not like Bud Adams was some paragon of NFL ownership.

You have to be a special kind of nasty to fire a HC (and by extension his OL coach father) just to focus spite on someone else you fired two years ago. She's now on her THIRD husband, I wonder what kind of mother she was. Watch out for this raging harpy.

 

[maust]

I don't know how much credence you can give this stat but compared to last season it IS pretty astounding.

I'd say not all that much credence considering that same chart has the Titans pass blocking rated 6th. The same Titans pass blocking shared here courtesy of @Uptown;

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