Gameday Thread - Page 4

TitanHope · 10-21-2007, 01:23 PM

Looking good so far. Chris Henry has touched the ball 4 times behind the line of scrimmage and has gotten 20 yards out of it. I love what I'm seeing from him. His acceleration adds another aspect to this offense that Brown and White can't.

Griffin also has 3 tackles solely from playing on special teams. :)

MicktheGreat · 10-21-2007, 01:46 PM

Some half-time thoughts from the Titans-Texans game:

OFFENSE:
Collins has looked sharp so far today. Aside from the fumble (which wasn't really his fault), he hasn't shown the poor decision-making that he showed in limited time against the Bucs. A lot of Collins' success so far is because our OL is playing really, really well with keeping the Texans' young, talented DL at bay. Lendale White continues to be master of the 3-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust running style (but Fisher & Co. seem content with that). Chris Henry finally got some playing time and looked good catching the ball out of the backfield (which is what Titans' staff have been saying for some time) -- he had one great reception where he sped up, kinda spun, and fell backwards for the first-down. Justin Gage has already shown more consistency in the past couple of games than he showed in all his time with the Bears (he's looking like a real solid FA acquisition at this point). Roydell Williams continues to show the potential to be a big-play WR and a good #2 WR in the NFL (now all he needs is a STUD WR opposite him to take some of the pressure). Bo Scaife re-appeared this week and Collins is definitely looking to get him the ball -- his fumble was a classic example of trying to do too much on a play.

DEFENSE:
Our defense OWNS Sage Rosenfels -- in just a few plays, we picked off one of his passes and caused a fumble. Of course, Rosenfels is only in the game because the defense is putting Schaub under a TON of pressure. Cortland Finnegan continues to be a good blitzer off of the corner; and Nick Harper has played really well. Our LBs & Safeties have completely shut-out Texans' TE Owen Daniels (whom I thought was our biggest threat in this game). Just like all season, KVB & Haynesworth have been causing a lot of problems for the Texans' OL -- but Haynesworth has somehow got to learn to play with some (marginal) manner of control because if he keeps racking up personal fouls, he's going to get suspended (and we need him in the games to win the games). As great as our defense has been this year, I think this is the most dominant performance by them that I've seen so far...very impressive.

SPECIAL TEAMS:
Michael Griffin has looked PHENOMENAL so far (receiving and in-coverage). It seems like he's in on every single special teams play. I only wish that he got more PT in the secondary. As far as punt returns go, Chris Davis isn't quite on Pacman Jones level, but he's pretty darn good. Rob Bironas has earned his paycheck this week.

Pit Bull #53 · 10-21-2007, 02:16 PM

TD Chris Henry. Hells yes

TitanHope · 10-21-2007, 02:47 PM

We're up by 25, and in true Jim Shwartz fashion, we give them a window back in. Awesome...

TitanHope · 10-21-2007, 03:21 PM

Why are there LINEBACKERS trying to receive an onside kick?!?!

TitanHope · 10-21-2007, 03:34 PM

Holy Crap!!!

TitanHope · 10-21-2007, 07:30 PM

Great day for the rookies:

Griffin:

5 solo tackles on special teams. He was a ST monster today.

Henry:

11 runs for 57 yards, 5.2 YPCarry, Long of 24, and a TD.
2 rec for 12 yards, 6 YPCatch, Long of 12

jayceheathman · 10-21-2007, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by TitanHope

Great day for the rookies:

Griffin:

5 solo tackles on special teams. He was a ST monster today.

Henry:

11 runs for 57 yards, 5.2 YPCarry, Long of 24, and a TD.
2 rec for 12 yards, 6 YPCatch, Long of 12

I guess we have to give credit where credit is due. You guys destroyed us for 3 quarters even without VY in under center.

Pit Bull #53 · 10-23-2007, 08:45 PM

Henry back down. Brown back up. Unfortunately.

Son of a *****, Fisher is bullheaded

TitanHope · 10-23-2007, 09:44 PM

Damn...well, at least we had a glimpse of what he can do. And against a solid front 7 too. It's just a matter of time until Brown breaks his pinky and is out for 5 weeks.

Pit Bull #53 · 10-23-2007, 10:02 PM

In my opinion this is the worst week to deactivate Henry. Raiders are allowing like 5.2 YPC. I'm sure LenDale will do his damndest to ensure they allow about 3.5 this week.

Maybe Brown can be the one to break off some long runs but he's so goddamn streaky and inconsistent it makes me wanna kick somebody. All he has to do is chip a toenail and he automatically goes into "running in quicksand" mode.

But yeah, I guess Chris Henry is a rookie and can't be trusted and still has to earn his time. Whatever the **** that means. I think it's pretty clear that our offense needs someone that can be a threat to take it to the house at any time. But all we wanna do is take the air out of the ball, stall at the 15 and let Bironas set records. Screw the endzone.

TitanHope · 10-23-2007, 10:06 PM

Is he going to be inactive?

Pit Bull #53 · 10-23-2007, 10:32 PM

I'd think so because we always go with 2 active RB's and a FB. I think they are keeping Ganther active for FB/ emergency RB.

Pit Bull #53 · 10-25-2007, 08:27 AM

Read the Tennessean, looks like Griffin is gonna get some playing time on defense this Sunday. Fish won't say where he's putting him though. My bet is at FS.

TitanHope · 10-25-2007, 06:38 PM

Ganther plays FB? I thought he was a scat-back type when we drafted him. Besides, we have Hartsock and Cramer. I thought at least one of them could play FB.

Griffin getting any playing time at any position is great news to hear.

stephenson86 · 10-26-2007, 06:07 PM

i love mike griffin, i love chris henry, been 100% behind these picks since they were made, gutted the fish is a dick

Pit Bull #53 · 10-26-2007, 07:30 PM

Reinfeldt said on the radio that Griffin has basically forced them to play him with how much he has excelled on special teams and in practice.

Now the question is gonna be where does he get his work at?

TitanHope · 10-27-2007, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stephenson86

...i love chris henry, been 100% behind these picks since they were made...

Says the man with a Jonathan Stewart signature... ;)

It's great to hear about Griffin doing well. He'll probably be put in for nickelback, which is fine. Special teams and practice are one thing and real game speed is another. I'd prefer for him to get worked in slowly by playing nickelback.

Also, there are rumors about the Titans looking into Grady Jackson after Cory Simon's retirement. He seems to be the top DT available, and we only have 3 DT's currently.

Pit Bull #53 · 10-27-2007, 11:16 PM

Not sure who else is available at DT, but I bet if Grady doesn't sign with us that we'll bring back Mahelona. Which isn't necessarily a good thing since he never did much.

TitanHope · 10-27-2007, 11:22 PM

Yeah. I like Jesse since's he's a Vol Alumni, but he couldn't even make it on the worst team in the NFL's practice squad. Jackson is my preferred option, but we need someone else. Do we have any DT's on the practice squad? Sucks that Antonio Johnson is out...

TitanHope · 10-28-2007, 05:37 PM

I'll post my 2nd Half thoughts later. I didn't see the 1st Half, so can somebody fill me in?

MicktheGreat · 10-28-2007, 06:02 PM

My notes from today's game vs. Raiders...

1. VY's passing woes continued today, as he had a phenomenally low 42 total passing yards. I'm all about the Titans winning regardless of stats; however, VY looks really hesitant right now. There were a couple of times where he should've run and he didn't. There were also a couple of mis-snaps between he and Mawae. Our offense isn't looking very good right now and, as much as I love VY, he absolutely has to take some of the blame for our recent low-scoring output.

2. Lendale had a couple of nice long runs -- making that two weeks in a row where he's done that. In fact, if I'm remembering correctly, he had another 25-yd. run that was brought back on a penalty (holding on Mawae, I believe). Chris Henry continues to surprise me, as I was a huge critic of the Titans taking him in the 2nd round. There's not doubt in my mind that Henry should remain the #2 RB even when Brown gets healthy. Unfortunately, it seems almost certain that Fisher (who loves his vets) will choose Brown over Henry. If the combo of Lendale/Henry can continue to make strides, then the Titans might be OK next season at RB.

3. Our DL looked incredible today. KVB and Haynesworth were all over the place (as usual). However, Tony Brown also had a good game and was consistently disrupting running plays in the backfield. And Odom had, in my opinion, his best game of the year. He was absolutely relentless today and had someting like 3 deflections.

4. As TitanHope said, rookie Michael Griffin didn't have any huge plays, but he didn't give up any huge plays either. Overall, a good effort in his first start.

5. One bad thing that I noticed today: our CBs (Finnegan & Harper) were getting out-muscled by the Raiders' WR (Porter & Curry). Both Finnegan & Harper are smaller CBs -- and thus far in the season, teams hadn't taken advantage of that. Fortunately for the Titans, Daunte Culpepper is the Raiders' QB -- otherwise, the Raiders' WRs might have had bigger days.

6. The Raiders had something like 12 penalties today. In many ways, they outplayed the Titans for the majority of the game. If the Raiders hadn't played so sloppy (with all those penalties), they probably would've beaten us today since our offense was really struggling.

Pit Bull #53 · 10-28-2007, 06:11 PM

I agree that VY has pretty much stunk this year, but how about a lil help? Ganther bobbled then dropped an easy TD pass, Roydell had one bounce off his chest in the middle of the endzone, and Troupe missed a semi-difficult TD catch. Wasn't a very easy catch, but I've rewatched it a few times and it was definitely catchable had he given max effort for it.

stephenson86 · 10-29-2007, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TitanHope

Says the man with a Jonathan Stewart signature... ;)

It's great to hear about Griffin doing well. He'll probably be put in for nickelback, which is fine. Special teams and practice are one thing and real game speed is another. I'd prefer for him to get worked in slowly by playing nickelback.

Also, there are rumors about the Titans looking into Grady Jackson after Cory Simon's retirement. He seems to be the top DT available, and we only have 3 DT's currently.

wheres the harm in wanting someone who will no doubt be a 1400+ feature back year in year out no problem

combine that wil a runner who could potentially get 1400 year in year out and we have 2800 yards rushing minimum a year, plus VY about 3300 logic is flawless

along with the 4500 season passin we will gain just short of 8000 yards of offense add in some third string runners some WR reverses about 8000 yards rushing

then we have about 1500 return yards and about 500 PR yards

RECORD BREAKING 10000 yard season for the titans, all because we drafted J Stew

and CHisaGOD

TitanHope · 10-29-2007, 10:12 PM

I have no comeback to that, except that we'll have 3 backs on the roster who could gain 1400 yds a piece, so it would be 4200 yds from the RB's. Other than that it's completely true. JStew FTW!!!