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Tennessee Titans @ Kansas City Chiefs Preview

This game scares me a little.  The Titans are easily the better team, but as we have talked about all week long, there are a lot of other things the Titans could be thinking about besides beating the Chiefs.  Here are the 4 letter "expert" picks:

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The Chiefs are last in the NFL at rushing defense.  I bet you can guess what that means the Titans will do on offense.  Two weeks ago against the Ravens the running backs had 21 carries.  Chris Johnson had 18 and The Round Mound had 3.  I don't think that will be the case this week.  Don't be surprised to see 35 carries between those 2 in this game with a much more even split.

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The running game could be even more important if Justin McCareins and Justin Gage are both out for the game.  Neither of them has practiced all week, and both are listed as questionable.  The Titans will obviously have to throw some passes, so I bet we see Bo Scaife and Alge Crumpler get even more looks than normal.

Since Larry Johnson has been suspended from Sunday's game by Herm Edwards, the Chiefs offense will be more limited than normal.  Jamaal Charles will fill in for Johnson.  Charles is a speed back so the Titans defense will need to make sure and be in their gaps.  He is the type of guy that can break some big runs if guys are playing out of position.

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The fragile Brodie Croyle gets the start for the Chiefs at quarterback.  Being a Bama fan, I would love to see Brodie do well in the NFL, just not tomorrow.  It is no secret that Croyle isn't exactly Steve McNair so look the Titans will be getting after him all day long.  It looks like Kyle Vanden Bosch has a chance to play, but Tony Brown will probably be out.  Hopefully the offense can put points on the board early and KVB can rotate out a lot in the 2nd half.

While this game does scare me, in my heart I believe the Titans get to 6-0 with a 28-10 win.

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we have a good group of professionals and Fisher is there, as such I have no doubt that the Titans are not looking ahead of this game.

My worry though are injuries on both sides of the football. Hope there are no major injuries.

Other than that, if Kerry takes care of the ball and we limit our turnovers, we should win this game. I don’t think the Chiefs can outscore the Titans. My prediction 24-6, Titans wins.

Go Titans!

by Pinoy Titan on Oct 18, 2008 2:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

For selfish fantasy purposes I hope Chris Johnson has an epic day. I think we’ll be fine…

by titansfanastic1982 on Oct 18, 2008 3:41 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

We might miss Justin Gage, but he is the ONLY WR on the team that's at all better...

…than average. Either Chris Davis or The Hawk can fill in for McCareins with ease. Personally, I look for Brandon Jones to have a big day. I think Heimerdinger’s influence on Jones has been very positive. We haven’t seen nearly the number of idiotic, bone-headed plays out of him this year. And he’s been clutch when he needs to be. Ditto for Davis (i.e. Both of his catches have come on good plays). In fact, the only WR on the roster who, to me, has really been under-performing is McCareins. Personally, I’ve seen enough of that guy to last me a good, long while.

I think we’re gonna see a good deal of LenDale White, up until the Chiefs put 8 men in the box. After that, it’ll get interesting.

DannoE

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!

by DannoE on Oct 18, 2008 3:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

feels like a trap game

i sense bad juju with this game. i think it’s one i picked as a loss before the season started on some thread where we were pulling wins/losses out of our hineys when the schedule was posted. Also all the experts picked us to win. kiss of death that is. finally, i was about to have a late night glass of milk and it’s gone sour.

hopefully this comment will look remarkably silly in a few hours.

by numbertenox on Oct 19, 2008 1:19 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

that milk was nasty though

yup – false bad juju alarm. Things are looking really good. A round into the colts on Monday night would be massive. They’d be four down at almost the halfway point.

by numbertenox on Oct 19, 2008 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good grief guys have some balls. Just because on any given Sunday any team can win doesn’t mean they do! Go Titans.

by titansfanastic1982 on Oct 19, 2008 10:18 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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