New York Jets 34 Tennessee Titans 13: The Recap
by Jimmy on Nov 24, 2008 12:07 PM CST
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This is going to be short and not so sweet. That was just an all around terrible effort. There is plenty of blame to go around, but you can see the reasons for the loss in the numbers:
- 60% (6 of 10)- of the Titans offensive drives 4 plays or less
- 19:30- Titans time of possession
- 11- number of runs the Titans attempted
- 192- the number of yards the Jets rushed for
A Jeff Fisher team isn't going to win very many games with those numbers. The offense just never got into a rhythm yesterday. There are a whole host of things you can blame. The Titans' receivers started dropping passes again. Chris Johnson fumbled for the first time this season. The defense couldn't stop the short passing game, and the list goes on and on..
The Jets came in with a perfect game plan to take advantage of the Titans' defense. Rushing the passer is what this defense is built on. Brett Favre didn't give them that chance yesterday by getting rid of the ball in under 2 seconds on a lot of plays. Add that to the fact that the Titans had their #4 corner playing, and you can see why the passing game came easily for most of the game.
Speaking of Chris Carr, he didn't play that badly. He did have 2 huge pass interference penalties called on him late in the game. I know a lot of people were upset about the calls, but he made contact with the receiver early in both instances. Do you get away with that stuff a lot of times? Sure. Did Laveranues Coles push off on the second one? Absollutely, but those are the breaks sometimes. The Titans have gotten their fair share of favorable calls and breaks this season, and those things almost always even out over the course of a 16 game schedule.
The Titans have got to get back to the smash mouth football team that they are built to be. They won a few games throwing the ball, but we all know that passing is not what is going to win this team a Super Bowl. I really wish LenDale White hadn't of said what he did because there is no room for that selfish attitude on a winning team, but they do need to get him more involved in the offense.
That is all I have to say about the game. At the end of the day it only counts as 1 loss, and any of us would have taken 10-1 to the bank if it was offered to us before the first Jacksonville game kicked off. The Titans now have 3 very winnable games in a row. Take care of business in those games and they will be 13-1 heading into the 2 tough games to end the season.
You hear the coaches and players talk all the time about the 24 hour rule. If anyone can get them re-focused it is Jeff Fisher. This loss is the worst thing that could have happened for the Detroit Lions. I look forward to a Thanksgiving Massacre in Detroit.
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I think that's a good summary
A couple of things I wonder about concerning how effective the Jets’ offensive gameplan was against our D:
* What teams are we likely to see in the playoffs besides the Jets that can execute a similar attack? NE with Brady comes to mind, but I’m not sure if they are doing that same type of walsh west coast attack with cassle.
* What is the best defensive adjustment? I would think that you’d need good pass protection skills in the linebacker core, with a safety closer in and zone. I’m not really sure though – not much of an Xs and Os guy never having played.
by numbertenox on Nov 24, 2008 12:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
bets defensive adjustment, IMO
would be (if Harper and King are still out) to move Griffin or Fuller to the outside spot, give them safety help over the top. With that in place, just let them (and also Finnegan on the other side) push, punch, hold and damn near tackle each WR for the first 5 yards coming off of the line.
If the WRs can’t get into their routes in 2 seconds, then Favre can’t throw it in 2 seconds.
Where I was raised 2 + 2 = 3rd and 6.
by August West on Nov 24, 2008 12:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, press coverage would work well for guys like Finnegan and Harper...
…but I would NEVER want that with C. Carr. And I think Griffin had his hands full with the running game yesterday. I doubt moving him out of run support would have been a very good idea.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on Nov 24, 2008 1:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
But the problem with the pass coverage wasnt really Carr...
Yes he did give up a few plays but he isn’t Cortland Finnegan… 90 percent of those passes were slants over the middle. As much as I love our LBs, that was a sh*ttastic game by them. I think we finally saw Tulloch’s weakness in the game. He was everywhere the ball wasn’t.They have to stop those slants and and the DL needs to get their arms up in the air instead up putting their heads down and running.
by Michaeltastic on Nov 24, 2008 9:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It's the same Offense the Colts use against the Titans...
…and the best Defense is the one the Titans usually play against the Colts: run the ball, keep their Offense off the field, and don’t give up the big play. And to be fair, that worked for about the first 2.5 QTRs—until CJ’s fumble. At that point, the Titans were down 10 with about 20 minutes to play. And if they’d held the ball for 5 minutes there and scored a TD, it might have been a different game. But the fumble was a killer, especially because the D was already gassed.
Eh… they needed to either find a way to run off-tackle and away from Jenkins or put VY in and let him make plays with his feet when it became clear that the WRs and even Bo Scaife all had the serious dropsies
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
by DannoE on Nov 24, 2008 12:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
that fumble
totally took the wind out of our sails. it would’ve been a different game if we make a drive there. whatever – we’re bound to lose one or two this year, and i’m glad it wasn’t in the playoffs….
by vancouverTITAN on Nov 24, 2008 10:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I look forward to a Thanksgiving Massacre in Detroit.
And I will be at such Massacre. Look for me! 15 yard line 6th row!
by Shainoc on Nov 24, 2008 2:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
maybe this will finally be the game
where they decide to stop wasting vy and let him run around for a few plays a game to shake things up. it’s like we are deliberately being uncreative. i don’t care if it’s the wildcat, the option, or the look the jets gave us yesterday w/ favre at WR, get the man in space with the ball in his hands 3-5 times a game and see what happens. this offense is still starved for consistent playmakers, and anything out of the ordinary would be much appreciated.
by hal41605 on Nov 24, 2008 2:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Maybe
They are saving it for the playoffs, and don’t want the other teams to know what to prepare for?
by Big Bad Bulluck on Nov 24, 2008 4:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i'd rather force teams to respect it
and prepare for it. that might take a little heat off kerry and the regular set offense. i just don’t think the postseason is the place to try and pull something out of you butt. the post season is where you do what got you there. i want it now, even if it’s just against the lions in a blow out. it will give this offense something a little less vanilla to hit teams with when nothing is going our way (see: jets game). i don’t even think it has to be a vy or kc thing, shoot, put them both in there! great teams take advantage of every little bit of skill their players have. look at what, gag, the pats do with defensive linemen in on goal line plays and stuff. versatility is a great weapon in the nfl, and the titans have shown very little of it, and whats more, i think we have players capable of executing this kind of stuff.
by hal41605 on Nov 24, 2008 4:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
cj taking the snap
with lendale in as the other back and vince out wide. that would be killer/
by vancouverTITAN on Nov 24, 2008 10:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ugly Loss
It was an ugly loss – no doubt about it. If it was close and we lost by a field goal or something, that’s one thing, but to get blown out like that at home….
The Jets had us figured out from top to bottom. Lets just hope this doesn’t set up a blueprint for teams to beat us, but you know that teams will watch the tape from this game over and over.
The best remedy for losing to the Jets though? Playing the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day. I’m sort of glad we lost though, because an 11-0 team playing an 0-11 team has distaster written all over it. Now I hope the Titans seek unrelenting revenge against the Lions on Thursday. I want to see VY in there the 2nd half for nothing other than to protect our 30 point lead and keep Kerry healthy. Lets bounce back big guys!
by NotMyForte on Nov 24, 2008 4:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I don't see it as a blueprint
because most teams don’t have Brett Favre. That is actually the same scheme the Colts try to use, and it doesn’t work against the Titans.
Again, a field goal or 300 points, at home or on the road. It is just one loss. Pretty sure 10-1 is 10-1 no matter the points that have been scored or given up.
Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles even though gramsey hates it.
by Jimmy on Nov 24, 2008 11:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
thank heavens
most teams don’t have brett. That sidearm touchdown pass squeezed in between three defenders was off the hook. I can do without the off-season retirement drama, and I can definitely do without favre in the AFC, but nevertheless I’ll miss him when he’s gone.
by numbertenox on Nov 25, 2008 1:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
We're gonna be glad they have Brett
in the playoffs when he’s blowing it late in the game with a terrible, floating INT off of his back foot… again.
Where I was raised 2 + 2 = 3rd and 6.
by August West on Nov 25, 2008 7:03 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
he's been backfooting it since he came in the league
Hope for 15 below zero temps.
There’s some backfooting it in this game too:
by Lovejoy on Nov 25, 2008 7:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i agree. the Titans will have to get deeper in the playbook
I would like to see the Titans show some different looks like 4 or 5 wide with Chris Johnson running a go route outside of Lavelle Hawkins running the post. Chris should get more chances down the field in the pass – he’s are fastest player. I would also like to see VY in certain packages just to make other defenses prepare for different looks.
by pigskinpundits.com on Nov 24, 2008 5:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
offense in a rut
i definitely think the playcalling has gotten a little out of whack. too many passes and the passes we call are too predictable. i think mixing up the run a little bit more with some counters and quick pitches would be good too. and please swing the ball out to cj more. we need to get him the ball in space and not just pound him into the line.
hopefully dinger just needs a little bit of time to adjust to the defensive looks the titans are facing now and come up with a better gameplan.
also, teams are figuring out our wr aren’t fast so they’re pressing them at the line and still able to stick with them through all of their routes.
with all that said, i’m glad we laid an egg now. get it out of the system and bring on the stretch run.
by rolypoly32 on Nov 24, 2008 11:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I too
would like to see CJ running down the field on a pass route. They have done nothing in the passing game with him besides screens and swing passes when he is lined up as a running back. Time to try a little something different
Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles even though gramsey hates it.
by Jimmy on Nov 24, 2008 11:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Jimmy?
How do I get rid of these ads? This is another story I cannot read because of them.
by nvemvp23 on Nov 24, 2008 9:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
What adds are you talking about?
Send me a screen shot if you can get one: titansmcm@gmail.com
Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles even though gramsey hates it.
by Jimmy on Nov 24, 2008 11:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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