Tennessee Titans 23 Green Bay Packers 21 Quick Recap

by Jimmy on Aug 28, 2008 10:36 PM CDT in Tennessee Titans Recaps

I have an autistic friend whose name is T.J. When he doesn't really care about something he always says, "Uh probably maah." That is pretty much how I feel about tonight's game. Vince Young was better, but his line was still bad 13-27 for 134 yards. The one good thing I will say about VY from the preseason is that he is making good reads, and he doesn't seem to be hesitant to pull the ball down and run (3 carries for 57 yards in this one) like he was last season. The problem is he still throws a lot of balls that are off the mark. He is going to have to get better at putting the ball where it needs to be.

The receivers caught the ball tonight, which is always a bouns. VY and Justin McCareins had a nice 50 yard hook up early in the game that lead to a field goal. One of the goals in the offseason was to fix the red zone offense. Based on the preseason it doesn't seem to have been accomplished. The Titans had 5 drives in the red zone in this game and only 1 ended with a touchdown. That will not cut it in the regular season.

The defense played well tonight minus the first play of the game, Aaron Rodgers only play of the game, where he hooked up with Gregg Jennings for a 68 yard TD pass. The Packers ended the game with only 266 total net yards.

Thus ends the preseason. I am glad it is over, and we will have games that matter to talk about. 3-1 in the preseason means nothing, but it does feel better than going 1-3. August will have the game links in the morning. Time to get ready for the Jaguars.

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About three off target passes? No interceptions, which is good, and a nice long ball to Justin M, but zero TDs for him in pre-season has got to be in his head. Rodgers threw one on his first and only play for heaven’s sakes, to add salt to his mental wounds. I hope he’s able to forget about the pre-season TD drought (which I’m about to do) and come out solid against the Jags.

OK, memory erase completed. What pre-season? The only think I left un-erased is the CJ touchdown run against the Rams. Gonna keep that one.

by numbertenox on Aug 29, 2008 1:15 AM CDT reply actions

VY is taking shots down the field, and that is good.

What he’s done MUCH more effectively than last year is limit turnovers. That was huge. I hate FGs as much as the next guy, but I think every game the team lost last year could have been won had a turnover ended in a FG instead of an INT. INTs kill you. FGs don’t.

And yeah, VY was off-target a few times, but I maintain that the problem is more WRs. Plus, we see that VY looks off-target, but the truth is that we don’t know what route was supposed to be run. Moreover, ’Dinger has said numerous time that:
1. He wants VY to throw to the spot, not the man.
2. he wants VY to put balls up high in the air where the WR can make a play, or the ball falls incomplete.

Our WRs are NOT making the plays on those jump balls, and they are not getting to the spot on a timing-pattern type of play. And those are the things that get you cut from other teams. Hell, one of the big reasons that Brady looked so, so good last year was that when he put the ball up for his guy to just “make a play,” his guy—Randy Moss—would make the damn play. Right now, our guys are not doing that.

The other thing that hurts is that the dump-offs have not been good. This is where VY really struggles onhis accuracy, and it’s exacerbated by the fact that most of the drops happen on slants, screens, etc. The only guys that are catching short are the TEs. If I had a nickel for every screen pass Chris Johnson has dropped this preseason, I could get a Vente at Starbucks.

DannoE

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Go Titans!

by DannoE on Aug 29, 2008 6:50 AM CDT up reply actions

Based on what I saw in pre-season...

I think VY has improved his reads and decisiveness and will have a better year than the last. On our receivers though, i’d say I wouldn’t be surprised if Hawkins starts by the 2nd half of the season. Nobody has really stepped up in my opinion. The Thick and the Quick will be a force and hopefully, this would help our passing play.

Our defense will continue to dominate barring major injuries. But our ST right now is average at best, specifically our return game.

My prediction… a wild card spot again and VY’s first post season win.

Go Titans!

by Pinoy Titan on Aug 29, 2008 2:53 PM CDT reply actions