Tennessee Titans Midseason Report Card: Receivers & Tight Ends
by Jimmy on Nov 5, 2008 12:48 PM CST
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Brandon Jones
| Rec | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 19 | 216 | 11.4 | 0 |
Jones has been the most pleasant surprise of the season so far. He, unlike Gage, has been catching everything that is thrown to him. He had a couple of huge catches on the final drive at Baltimore and made some plays against Green Bay. I never thought I would say this, but he has been the Titans most consistent receiver in 2008. He gets a B.
Justin McCareins
| Rec | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 13 | 204 | 15.7 | 0 |
McCareins is who we thought he was. He catches some balls and drops some balls. It would be nice to see him stretch the field a little more, but I doubt he will ever be any more than he is right now. He gets a C.
Justin Gage
| Rec | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 13 | 182 | 14.0 | 1 |
Gage might be the biggest disappointment this season. He was probably the Titans' most consistent receiver last season and was rewarded for that with a pretty good contract. This season he doesn't seem to be able to catch....wait for it....a cold. No one expects Gage to be a big play guy, but the Titans need him to catch the ball when it is thrown to him. He hasn't done that this year, and for that he gets an F.
Lavelle Hawkins
| Rec | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 4 | 28 | 7.0 |
Hawkins is the wild card in this whole thing. He has shown that he will catch the ball, and that he has great field awareness with a nice toe dragging catch against the Colts. The problem with The Hawk so far this season is that he is having trouble learning the offense. Dinger is not going to give him consistent playing time until he knows he can trust him to be in the right place every time. The potential is obviously there, but he has yet to contribute as much on the field as we had all hoped for. He gets a C+.
Chris Davis and Paul Williams are both on the roster, but they are both non-factors (To be completely fair: Davis did have a big 21-yard catch against Houston and a catch in Blatimore).
Bo Scaife
| Rec | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 32 | 344 | 10.8 | 1 |
Scaife is quietly putting together another very solid season. All of the fuss before the season was about Alge Crumpler, who we will get into in a minute, but Scaife has been the favorite target again. He has good hands and is great at picking up yards after the catch. He made one of my favorite plays of the season in the opener against Jacksonville when he took a screen pass 44 yards. He gets an A.
Alge Crumpler
| Rec | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 13 | 134 | 10.3 | 1 |
Crumpler has been a big disappointment. I was really excited when they signed him in the offseason, but he has looked lost for most of the season with the exception of the TD catch to beat the Ravens. I think he will play a role in the second half, but he has to get an F at this point.
Craig Stevens has yet to catch a pass. He had one chace and stepped out of the back of the end zone for no reason. I guess one shot isn't enough to grade him on though.
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I'm likin BJ
He’s been tough. Stretchin for extra yards and making the tough catch. Good for him. In years previous I expected more of him and was let down. This year I expected complete failure and he’s been decent. Go figure.
The PAIN TRAIN is comin baby!
Agree, mostly.
I’m still iffy about Jones, but that’s because of his past. I’ll get over it by the end of the year, if he keeps this up.
I'm not sold either,
but he has been solid to this point.
Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles even though gramsey hates it.
It is sad
That Scaife is not even on the pro bowl ballot this year; Alge is instead.
I wish the hole pro-bowl voting thing would shift to much later in the season, that way teams could decide who they want on the ballot later.
It's not a fair comparison, though...
…because we don’t know how many times he’s been thrown to or why things have worked the way they have. I can imagine seeing Alge a lot more as teams roll coverage and attention to Scaife. And I still expect to see him show up in some critical red zone situations. But as we pointed out yesterday, the team has mostly been running for TDs, and that’s not a bad thing.
That said, I think he deserves a C or C-. An F, to me, is him not being on the field because his knee exploded.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
I know this is off topic
Our recievers
have really been impressive to me this year when you think about what we are actually dealing with here. They have come up with some big and tough catches this year with the exception of Gage. I really wish they’d bench him and let the Hawk take flight. But once again very impressive.
I disagree with all of that so much--except the part about Gage.
But really, saying these guys have been good enough is like saying that VY is a good “athlete.” I mean, maybe it’s true, but it misses the point. Because there’s so much more to it than just showing up and catching the occasional ball.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
receivers are bleh.
they’re all slow and boring. every time i watch them play i can’t help but think how unexplosive they are. hell, donald driver looked pretty damn fast the other day. anyways, if you’re not fast, you gotta be big and be able to catch, and they got half of that equation right now. i give all of them a c- except brandon jones who gets a c+. scaife and alge both get b+. i know we didn’t sign alge to block, but i think he’s played well this season overall. plus if you’re relying on your tight end to be your big receiving threat then you’re passing game has problems…oh wait.
You should split up receivers and tight ends
I would give receivers a D- and tight ends a B.
Also don’t underestimate what Crumpler has meant to the run game
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