Jets @ Titans Quick Recap: Don't Take the Bait
The Titans finally laid an egg. I have been saying all along that they wouldn't go undefeated and today was the day where everything went the other way.
Get ready. This is going to be the week where everyone with any kind of way of getting words in front of people is going to say that the Titans are phony (as was said in the game thread). Through 11 weeks the Titans were the only team in the NFL that hadn't had a bad game. They did today. That is all there is to it.
The Titans still have a 2 game lead on everyone in the AFC except the Jets, and a 3 game lead at this writing on the entire AFC South. All of us would have given an arm for a 10-1 start before the season started, so when the trolls like BBS try to come here this week and start crap, just use your best southern charm to remind them that the Titans still own the best record in the AFC at 10-1. We have maintained a high standard on this site of intelligent conversation without a lot of flame wars. Let's not blow that this week.
Links and full recap coming tomorrow.
Let's Go Chargers!!
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At Least its a short week.
Fish will make sure the boys forget this game quick and we get a chance to beat up on the worst team ever on thursday to get our confidence back up.
Ill be there this Thursday in Detroit. Can’t wait to see our team get back on track.
GO CHARGERS!!
by ryansax on
Nov 23, 2008 3:08 PM CST
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Not a pretty game
But you’re right. 10-1 is just fine. I’m a bit amused that the Patriots’ perfect season last year seemed to have made people forget how ridiculously difficult it is to go undefeated in the NFL. It’s hard enough in college; it’s almost impossible in the NFL, especially these days, without a great team and a whole lot of luck.
by TheElusiveShadow on
Nov 23, 2008 3:12 PM CST
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Not Happy
I hate losing. I really didnt want to drop this one after all the crap Jets fans were talking. That said our defence was worn to hell but they didnt quit. Our fans didnt empty the sadium. I thought Kerry could drag our recievers along, that didnt happen until too late. We will never be more than a side story until we can control the field and give our defense a break while putting at least a few points on the board before its to late. Fish hand Dinger have work to do.
by Oden1 on
Nov 23, 2008 3:14 PM CST
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Seriously
Calling me a “troll” is pretty petty, Jimmy. I’ve said all year the Titans are a very good football team. If not slobbering all over them makes me a “troll,” then fine. I’m a troll.
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by BigBlueShoe on
Nov 23, 2008 3:15 PM CST
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you are a troll
you are everything that is wrong with new media. loose cannon assholes with a platform they don’t deserve and wild, biased opinions that don’t conform to reality.
by hal41605 on
Nov 23, 2008 3:18 PM CST
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Good grief
One loss and you are whining. You’re team is 10-1, hal41605. Calm down.
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by BigBlueShoe on
Nov 23, 2008 4:29 PM CST
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my dislike for you has nothing to do with this game
it’s universal. i told you how much you suck back when we were still undefeated. thanks for proving the point about you being a worthless troll, though. not a scrap of whining around here, just an ever raised middle finger for you and the hack job you do over their at the indy blog.
by hal41605 on
Nov 23, 2008 4:55 PM CST
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so much for that southern charm
http://naptownsfinest.com
by Colts Homer on
Nov 23, 2008 5:28 PM CST
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You hurt our feelings, we thought we were friends :(
by colts9318rock on
Nov 23, 2008 5:47 PM CST
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We can separate BBS from the good guys over there
like Shake, etc.
Where I was raised 2 + 2 = 3rd and 6.
by August West on
Nov 24, 2008 10:30 AM CST
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BBS, you are a troll.
What you just said is okay, but we have all seen enough of your site to know the truth of the matter.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on
Nov 23, 2008 3:25 PM CST
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you ARE a troll
I suprised you didn’t talk about how VY sucks.
by DonFrancisco on
Nov 23, 2008 3:26 PM CST
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Vince Young
He didn’t play. Why would I talk about him?
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by BigBlueShoe on
Nov 23, 2008 4:29 PM CST
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BBS
You are right BBS. You are the most reasonable blogger on the internet ever. In fact you probably invented reason.
BTW, thanks for coming on to our website. I hope you are that you have gotten your jollies over here. We know how much people being mad at you turns you on.
by DonFrancisco on
Nov 23, 2008 8:25 PM CST
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Why do you hate on BBS for being right about Young?
http://naptownsfinest.com
by Colts Homer on
Nov 23, 2008 5:26 PM CST
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Because he acts like VY's story with tis franchised is sealed and closed
when it certainly is not.
Where I was raised 2 + 2 = 3rd and 6.
by August West on
Nov 24, 2008 10:29 AM CST
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I called you a troll because
you only come over here when you have something negative to say about something that was written on the site. That is trolling in my opinion.
Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles even though gramsey hates it.
by Jimmy on
Nov 23, 2008 5:07 PM CST
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chris carr in man coverage just isn't going to cut it
we need harper to get healthy pronto. carr gave valiant effort, but having the raiders old kick returner starting at corner isn’t a recipe for success. also, what the hell is up with lendale? he basically didn’t exist today, and cj as a solo back looked less than promising. the game plan on offense was poor i thought, and the execution was even worse. this is a throw away game much like what happened with the giants against the browns. it just so happened that ours was to a good team. the jets are much better than i thought, and if favre can stay clean and avoid bad picks they will be a team to be dealt with in the post season. i hope we get back to basics and win with titans football against the lions.
by hal41605 on
Nov 23, 2008 3:22 PM CST
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Harper could have played today, but at 10-0, why risk it?
It sucks a high hard one to lose the game, but it was way more important to rest your #2 CB. Fisher has been sitting guys for little injuries for 2 or 3 weeks. KVB could almost certainly have gone before today but didn’t because there was no need to play him. I mean, like Jimmy said, this is a better start by far than any of us expected. What really, really sucks is that the Jets just manhandled the Titans, but I think if the Offense had played better, that wouldn’t have happened. I mean, really, you just cannot expect to drop 6 of your first ten passes, give up MASSIVE time of possession, and then beat the better teams. Eventually, somebody was gonna make them pay for that. I give the jets credit for finally manning up, playing seven in the box, and stopping the Titans’ running game. And then outplaying the WRs. That was a really good job on D. And to beat it was gonna take way more than the way this team started.
I hated losing today. It sucked a lot. I mean, it sucked. BUT. This team has started slow too many times already this season, and I can’t help but think that they needed the wake-up call. They came out flat as all Hell today.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on
Nov 23, 2008 3:30 PM CST
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It was in the Tennessean last week. They did an interview about it.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on
Nov 23, 2008 3:32 PM CST
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whoa
I’m staying out of that mess ;-).
Lendale is tweaked, and I think Carr has done a pretty good job all things considered. I wish they had brought Ganther in earlier to try to mix up with CJ since Lendale is tweaked. Ganther can bring a load too, and he’s super fresh and has a lot to prove.
Jets are a great team this year, hopefully if we see them in the playoffs we’ll bring a better game.
If the Cardinals can knock off the Giants today, we probably won’t take too much crap in the media. Also if the Chargers can put a round into the Colts, that would be helpful. Although I hate rooting for the Chargers.
by numbertenox on
Nov 23, 2008 3:26 PM CST
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carr got abused all day long
jets got a completion or a penalty whenever they wanted at him. we didn’t bring him here to cover. we have to hope there is a solution to this. hawk is bad at kick returns too, which is another reason we need carr doing what he does well, instead of what he does poorly.
by hal41605 on
Nov 23, 2008 3:29 PM CST
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Hawk was good when they finally threw to him, though.
Cards by 3. After last weekend, I cannot help really rooting for AZ.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on
Nov 23, 2008 3:32 PM CST
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yeah i love seeing hawk on O
but kick returning, as far as i saw today, ain’t his thing
by hal41605 on
Nov 23, 2008 3:33 PM CST
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Agreed. Probably the right move, all things considered, but it was an ugly game in every phase today.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on
Nov 23, 2008 3:39 PM CST
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In both cases
where he got interference calls today, he was right with his guy and the interference wasn’t blatant – might have gotten away with both. And he came up with a crucial pick last week. I’m not saying I don’t want Harper back, I’m just saying he’s doing a pretty good job considering he’s coming in cold.
by numbertenox on
Nov 23, 2008 3:33 PM CST
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Schedule
We have now played 5 teams with winning records instead of two. If GB wins tomorrow, it will be 6. For all you Colts fans, that would be 6/11, which is more than half. Just kidding, trolls. I have no idea about the quality of Indiananapolis education system. I am sure it is wonderful.
by DonFrancisco on
Nov 23, 2008 3:34 PM CST
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Obiviously Nashville's isnt too good
I cant spell
by DonFrancisco on
Nov 23, 2008 3:35 PM CST
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BTW, Finnegan is again your League leader in interceptions.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on
Nov 23, 2008 3:34 PM CST
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And dude, I was down on Travis LaBoy last season, but he is doing GREAT for AZ this year.
Wow.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on
Nov 23, 2008 3:35 PM CST
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he was always solid when he wasn't struggling from concussions...
maybe he’s karmic compensation for us getting KVB for pennies on the dollar
Where I was raised 2 + 2 = 3rd and 6.
by August West on
Nov 24, 2008 10:28 AM CST
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on the bright side
not having to worry about all the undefeated hoopla is a big relief.
by hal41605 on
Nov 23, 2008 3:36 PM CST
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That's what the Patriots said
on January 4th
by LovinBlue on
Nov 23, 2008 5:23 PM CST
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Dont lay this at Carr"s feet
You cant leave our D on the field as long as we did and expect to win games. This was and offensive battle that we got stomped on.
by Oden1 on
Nov 23, 2008 3:36 PM CST
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Well, yes and know.
I mean, if your mantra is “play defense and win” then you had to stop them coming out in the second half. Or at least cut off that long run that their version of CJ had. That thing was God-awful. But yeah, the O was terrible until it was too late, and even then they weren’t good.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on
Nov 23, 2008 3:40 PM CST
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i don't mean too
but i bet when they look at the tape, a big reason why they couldn’t get off the field was short quick passes, and a ton of those were at carr. he’s not on the roster to play defense, and there is a reason for this. injuries force things sometimes, but we really need to hope that harper gets back on the field when it counts.
the offense was really bad, but the D couldn’t get off the field either
by hal41605 on
Nov 23, 2008 3:41 PM CST
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Can I just say that the Cardinals' Offensive line is garbage?
I mean, the Titans O-Line sucked hard today, but this is ridiculous.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on
Nov 23, 2008 3:41 PM CST
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big time screw up there
for sure. i don’t think i’ve ever seen that before (d-lineman showing the linebackers where the hole is going to be before the snap, and sure enough it’s there and big enough for a truck to drive through).
by numbertenox on
Nov 23, 2008 3:43 PM CST
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How
did the Titans offensive line suck hard today? I think they all knew we were running on 1st and 2nd down most the time. And the only sack happened when Kerry Collins took extremely too long because our RECEIVERS couldn’t get OPEN
by RhiNo6705 on
Nov 23, 2008 3:43 PM CST
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if you look at football outsiders
our o-line is actually bad at run blocking on the season. untouchable in pass block but only 23rd in run blocking. i think this makes sense with what we have seen over the past few weeks when the run game has slowed down big time.
by hal41605 on
Nov 23, 2008 3:45 PM CST
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pass protection
was fine but running game wasn’t good.
by numbertenox on
Nov 23, 2008 3:46 PM CST
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I think thats
because we came out on first drive, run run pass. Mike needed to open the playbook IMO.
by RhiNo6705 on
Nov 23, 2008 3:47 PM CST
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Pass blocking was good.
Run blocking was suspect, especially in the first half. It was that to which I was referring. That said, it wasn’t their fault that CJ put the ball on the ground during the critical 2nd half drive.
BTW, how bad did we miss LenDale today?
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on
Nov 23, 2008 3:48 PM CST
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I really want to see Ganther some
He finally made it to a 53-man roster, I’d like to see him get some playing time. Maybe if we get ahead of detroit they’ll give him a try this Thursday. Particularly since CJ will be on just 3 days rest.
by numbertenox on
Nov 23, 2008 3:51 PM CST
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I told you they would come
I am a prophet
Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles even though gramsey hates it.
by Jimmy on
Nov 23, 2008 5:28 PM CST
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it's nothing like we see
We have just made a few observations in our defense. Nothing more, nothing less.
Let's go Colts!
by AJforAZ on
Nov 23, 2008 6:38 PM CST
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Not trolling like you said
http://naptownsfinest.com
by Colts Homer on
Nov 23, 2008 6:57 PM CST
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Actually
I always pop here and read how Titans fans react to games, win or lose. The reason I responded to this thread is because someone called me a “troll” when it was uncalled for. There is nothing in here that indicates Colts fans are “trolling” this blog. You guys need to calm down. Freaking out this bad after losing one game is not healthy.
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by BigBlueShoe on
Nov 24, 2008 12:08 AM CST
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carr was the man a week ago he was everywhere
now this week he gets called for two big penelties and people thinks he sucks. hes ok just bret farve is so good and throws so hard its almost impossible to defend against that.
whats up with the time of possesion? if the offence could catch some balls and move the chains farve woudnt have been on the field so long giveng him all those chances to disect carr and put up 30 points.
they all need to step up and catch some balls thats what lost the game for us, it was ugly and looks to me they took the game off.
all in all i think a loss here is a good thing and maybe that will motivate them and get the undefeted monkey off our back. i would hate going into the playoffs undefeted everybody would want us to lose like the patriots last year.
by dentureboy on
Nov 23, 2008 7:18 PM CST
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Carr made bad mistakes at bad times
he’s not good enough to start at that position. With Harper in there it might have been a totally different game.
by BeansCarter on
Nov 23, 2008 10:43 PM CST
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It's simple 'Do Not Feed the Troll'
Recite it before you go to sleep and frustrate the bastards tomorrow….
by Cajuncub on
Nov 23, 2008 9:13 PM CST
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LenDale is bitching. Come on we don’t need that right now Smash.
“White told 10 Sports "I only played three plays, so I couldn’t really tell you what happened (in the loss to the Jets), I have no idea. I wasn’t paying attention so I didn’t care.”"
by titansfanastic1982 on
Nov 23, 2008 9:39 PM CST
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uh-oh
that’s not good. lendale needs to keep that stuff in the locker room. spouting to the media is diva crap, and it has no place on this team. you know what the hardest part about what he said is though? he’s absolutely right. fisher needs to put out this fire quickly. this team shouldn’t throw tantrums at 10-1.
by hal41605 on
Nov 23, 2008 9:55 PM CST
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I wouldn't over-react to that.
It sounded like pure frustration to me. He probably shouldn’t have said it out loud, but the team lost, and he didn’t play at all. I can imagine that that sucks. And given how bad the running game was, you can hardly blame the guy for wanting to get in there and try and make a difference.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on
Nov 24, 2008 6:54 AM CST
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Patient Troll Alert- Melt down in 5,4,3,2,1 games remaining..
10-6 ain’t bad…Jeff Fisher must be smelling playoffs early this year…he’s already choking on the aroma. When are you guys going to start shoving each other on the field again? Lendale (Mamma couldn’t decide I guess) could get that going for ya. Has that “Roger from What’s Happening” skinny running back had enough beating yet? Didn’t think he’d last a whole season.
by raven on
Nov 23, 2008 11:42 PM CST
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Now that's better
I like my trolls big, green, foul-breathed and clearly recognizable.
by numbertenox on
Nov 24, 2008 1:05 AM CST
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asshole still hurt
from how rough the giants rode you last week? hopefully you used a rubber, cuz thats how diseases spread
by hal41605 on
Nov 24, 2008 9:27 AM CST
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Y'know, every year the Titans have one really bad, inexplicable loss.
Last year, that loss was the absolute ass-whooping that the Bengals laid on the Titans in Cinnci. And to be honest, in any reasonable universe, that loss should have also come last week in Jacksonville. But it didn’t, and so we got an even worse ass-whooping by the Jets.
Now, don’t get me wrong: the Jets are obviously a very good team right now. But I can’t help thinking that for the first time all season, the Titans finally got caught looking ahead and worrying about what was coming next. Plus, I mean, come on. You had to know something bad was gonna happen when Fisher parachuted into practice.
These guys need to get back to doing what they do. And more to the point, though I hate to say this, it’s gonna do this team a world of good to get trashed by the media all week.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on
Nov 24, 2008 7:19 AM CST
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You are exactly right
Wouldn’t you rather that loss come to a team that is going to make the playoffs than the Bengals? I would.
Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles even though gramsey hates it.
by Jimmy on
Nov 24, 2008 7:48 AM CST
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No.
Because if they had really screwed up last week and lost, they would have come out ON FIRE this week, and it would have been a much, much better game. As it was, I think they were too focused on the short week thing and worrying about Thanksgiving. Even Fisher was talking about that last week. I really think they just got caught looking ahead—finally—and then got their asses handed to them by a very good team.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on
Nov 24, 2008 9:38 AM CST
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I was under the impression that you didn't think the Jets were that good
Here is your comment in the game prediction thread:
I don’t see it [Jets scoring 2 touchdowns]
The Titans excel at shutting down first and second receivers and running games. Okay, truth to tell, I like the Jets’ chances for getting about 90 yards on the ground this week. But do they have a viable 3rd WR? Because if Favre tries to go to Finnegan’s side more than about five times all game, he’s gonna come out with at least one pick-6.
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Nov 24, 2008 10:30 AM CST
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It seems clear that I was wrong, no?
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on
Nov 24, 2008 10:34 AM CST
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It was certainly a possible scenario
Our defense did a good job in the first half. If our offense could stay on the field I would give us a better shot at holding them to two TDs. Not to mention the two turnovers. The Jets are better than we gave them credit for, but we lost a very winnable game.
by theologic on
Nov 24, 2008 10:59 AM CST
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Well, one thing is for sure. The Jets definitely have a viable 3rd WR.
And that is their TE, who played very, very well yesterday and is probably more than half of the reason why they won.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
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Nov 24, 2008 11:13 AM CST
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