Titans 31 Texans 12: 1st Quarter Film Review

by Jimmy on Sep 23, 2008 12:13 PM CDT in Film Review

-Great first series by the defense

-Obviously a bad first throw by Collins, but he did make a nice tackle

-The Titans caught a big break when Andre Johnson let that pass go through his hands in the end zone on 2nd down

-Albert Haynesworth own Matt Schaub

-Huge for the defense to hold to a field goal there

-Brandon Jones made a great move to pick up the first down on third and 2. I was very critical of Jones before the season started, but he has played well so far

-What about Collins running for 12 yards on the bootleg?

-Collins made a great throw in a small window to B. Jones

-Nice to see Chris Davis making a big catch. I know that play gave the Texans flashbacks of the throw to Roydell Williams from Collins in Houston last season. Collins throw that route really well

-I wish they would have shown a replay of the throw to Alge Crumpler in the end zone. It wouldn't have counted anyway because of the penalty, but I just wanted to see if he did catch it

-Great call by Jeff Fisher to go for it on 4th and 1. It helps when you have a back like The Round Mound to pound people

-Michael Griffin is a stud

-Bo Scaife almost made an incredible catch on the play where "Super Mario" Williams was offsides. A good throw there would have been a big gain. Also, Mario isn't so "Super" when facing Michael Roos

-Justin McCareins has to hang on to the ball there. I am not impressed with McCareins to this point

-A few things about the 50 yard run for Slaton

Tony Brown had a good shot to bring him down in the backfield but got tackled himself
Keith Bulluck was held like a champ on the play
I am not sure a horse collar should have been called there because Hope did have his hand around the front side

-The defense stood up deep in their own territory again

-Collins missed McCareins on what would have been a touchdown on the first play following the field goal

-I can't believe the Texans didn't respect the ability of Collins to beat them with his legs

End of the first quarter Titans 7 Texans 6

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Kerry Collins

I am as shocked as anyone that he got a couple of first downs with his legs. It blew me away. Hopefully he will continue to make good decisions when the opportunity presents itself. I think his numbers would have been much better if he was throwing in the fourth quarter, but he didn’t need to due to the score and that is Fisher football.
K.C. played ok, he did what he had to do and didn’t make a lot of critical mistakes. The first pass undoubtedly was a poor decision. Other than that, he played fine, he threw one away when it was necessary to, and that was a very good decision.
The Vikings game should be a good one, I am thinking the Vikings are going to be completely dominated by the Titans on both sides of the ball. This game presents a dilemma for me because the Vikings are my son’s favorite NFL team we live in Nebraska and that is who he supports. I told him that the Vikings are going to get killed and he doesn’t really beleive me even though he knows how highly regarded the Titan defense is. My son said the Vikings should have beat the Colts (and I agree) so he is convinced the Vikings will prevail. The fact that Adrian Peterson is nursing an injury makes me all the more confident, even though the Vikings have a talented running back in Chester Taylor as well. I really do predict a blow out if ball control is maintained.
Finnegan and Griffin are playing so well right now and picking off passes right and left it would have to make any quarterback a bit concerned. Gus Ferotte is not a terriffic QB by any means, he is ok at best. I watched part of the VIkings game Sunday and some of his play was painful to watch. I don’’t know if he is much of an improvement over T. Jackson. He has more experience, but he is not real accurate.
Titans 37 Vikings 10

by Joy Kat on Sep 23, 2008 5:45 PM CDT 0 recs

I sincerely doubt that this week's game will be a domination by anyone.

That said, red zone efficiency is likely to be the killer, one way or another. If the Titans can keep putting it into the End Zone, they should win the game. If they have to settle for FGs, I’d look for a nail-biter. We may get a nail-biter anyway.

Turnovers and Field Position are the other two keys. I’d expect Finnegan and Griffin to be able to get an INT or 2 in the game. That said, the Vikes could balance it out by either giving the Titans the same type of field position they had in the second half vs. the Texans or by intercepting KC.

My prediction: This is the week you see CJ come out and line up in the slot and/or work the field as a true down-field threat. I also think you’ll (finally) see LenDale and CJ on the field at the same time.

DannoE

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

by DannoE on Sep 24, 2008 6:53 AM CDT up 0 recs