Colts vs. Titans: 5 Keys to Victory
by smashville on Oct 10, 2009 8:00 AM CDT
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Pressure Peyton. Peyton Manning's season has been unbelievable so far, and it does not look like he will look any different on Sunday. The Titans have just nine sacks in four games, and Kyle Vanden Bosch doesn't have any. Only one team has given up less passing yards than the Titans. If Peyton Manning has time in the pocket, he can be the most dangerous player in the league.Given the major holes in the secondary, we will have to try to blitz Manning, a tough feat considering he has only been sacked twice in four games.
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Convert Third Downs. The Colts have the league's second worst third down defense, allowing 48% of third downs to be converted, but the Titans have only converted a measly 39% of the time. On third and short, put Lendale White in the backfield instead of Chris Johnson, since he is best utilized in short yardage situations? The Colts defensive line seems to be more quick and agile than strong and powerful, which is a recipe of success for Lendale.
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Play Physical. Last year the Titans were known as a physical, smash mouth team. That is no where to be seen in the team this year. If a quarterback like David Garrard throws for 323 yards and 3 touchdowns, imagine what Peyton Manning, arguably the league's best quarterback, will accomplish. The corners need to confuse the receivers and knock them off their routes by being physical. Be the Tennessee Spoilers, as Michael Griffin likes to say. The Titans need to exploit the 14th worst run defense in the league by running the ball down their throats and tiring the Colts defense.
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Protect the Ball. The Titans have already given the ball away 11 times this season, just 6 times less than all of last year. If we protect the ball, we have a chance. Keep the ball away from the Colts and we are good to go. Running the ball will help the Titans own the game clock and keep the football away from Peyton Manning.
- Get The Crowd Involved. As long as the Titans get off to a quick start, the crowd will be a factor. A prime time game against a divisional rival always has lots of hype. After trailing 14-0 after the first quarter two weeks ago, and trailing 27-3 at half time last week, a quick start is essential to excite the fans and keep them rowdy.
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You seem awfully adamant about protecting the ball Smash...
Christie kicks it high and short...Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25...He dishes it back to Wycheck...He throws it across the field to Dyson...
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by Michaeltastic on Oct 10, 2009 9:30 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
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"As strong as a team as we are on paper, you have to go out and prove it. We have yet to prove that we're the team we think we are,'' Keith Bulluck
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by smashville on Oct 10, 2009 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh
Christie kicks it high and short...Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25...He dishes it back to Wycheck...He throws it across the field to Dyson...
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by Michaeltastic on Oct 10, 2009 12:04 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
I just figured it was so important that it needed to be said twice
Christie kicks it high and short...Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25...He dishes it back to Wycheck...He throws it across the field to Dyson...
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by Michaeltastic on Oct 10, 2009 12:05 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Cool. I need that typo correction capability
I’m typing on a phone, and I can’t spell worth a drid$4ewst@?;
by JimR on Oct 10, 2009 12:55 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps we should play defense?
That would be my first step.
Ain't no time for hesitatin'
All you got to do is groove
by BonzosMontreaux on Oct 10, 2009 10:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Score touchdowns
Field goals will not beat the Colts. They have to come away with 6 when they get the chance. That is what killed the Dolphins when they played the Colts
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by Jimmy on Oct 10, 2009 11:12 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
im thinking swine flu might be our best bet
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by hal41605 on Oct 10, 2009 11:35 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OK! Now we're talking creative strategy
by JimR on Oct 10, 2009 11:39 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
To bad we haven't done any..............
all year. Yeah if we do all that we can win. The main thing we need to do is run the football and keep peyton manning off of the field. Cuz it doesn’t really matter what defense we play, peyton will still beat it.
Titan 4 Life
by titsahoy on Oct 10, 2009 1:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Another Key To Victory....
….Start Vince Young! Oh, like that’s going to happen!
MrDeeboi33
by MrDeeboi33 on Oct 10, 2009 3:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It's not going to happen (this week)
so give it a rest. If we hit 0-6, then we may see Vince, but probably not before. I’m with Fisher on this one, right now is not the time for a switch at QB. BTW, if we do hit 0-6, and we still don’t see Vince, then that would seem to confirm that they have already decided to cut/trade him at the end of the year.
by JimR on Oct 10, 2009 3:58 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Cut?
People have been cutting Vince Young since preseason! That’s a pretty dull knife! Actually I think Vince is basking in all this. The Titans will have to realize like ’70’s Steelers had to realize. Don’t be quick to dump a potential Franchise Quarterback. Bradshaw was benched and what happened? Four Super Bowls and a Hall of Fame blazer! VY have to tell his teamates and Fisher what Bradshaw told ‘Mean’ Joe Greene: " You can lose with me, but you can’t win without me".
P.S. Merrill Hodge: "You can still eat a fat one!"
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by MrDeeboi33 on Oct 10, 2009 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We're venturing dangerously back into that repitition territory that drives Jimmy crazy,
because I had said all this before, but here goes again: I am a huge fan of both the Titans and Vince, but I don’t think the two go together. I believe that the Titans can be successful with the type of offense Fisher wants to run, but it’s not the type of offense that Vince excels at. It’s the old square peg in a round hole problem. The Titans need a much better version of Collins, and Vince needs to be on a team that will build an offensive strategy around his particular set of talents and skills. I think Fisher knows this and that’s why at the end of the season, Vince will probably be traded if a taker can be found or cut if one can’t. I just hope Vince can find a team willing to take a chance with him and the Titans can draft the right guy for Fisher’s approach to offense. The wild card in all this is Bud Adams.
by JimR on Oct 10, 2009 5:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ndomakong Suh needs to be drafted next year. Amazing defensive player.
Joy Kat
Kerry Collins RULES !
by Joy kat on Oct 10, 2009 5:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Joy kat....
….Kerry Collins Sucks!!!!!!!!!
MrDeeboi33
by MrDeeboi33 on Oct 10, 2009 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
MrDeeboi33, Sir,
Again, please give it’s rest. We all know by now that you want Vince to play ASAP, so there’s no need to keep making the same point or running Collins down. Maybe I am the only one on MCM, but I have a lot of respect for both QBs. They are both really talented players – although in different ways. And they have both had their successes and their struggles. It doesn’t make sense to me to disrespect either one of them – especially while the whole team is struggling.
by JimR on Oct 11, 2009 11:21 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
First sentence correction
“please give it a rest.”. (stupid tiny keyboard and auto spell correct)
by JimR on Oct 11, 2009 11:24 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
You actually think...
“Getting the crowd involved” is a key to victory? Against the Peyton Manning-led Colts?
Jeesh, you guys are more desperate than I thought. What’s next, is Jeff Fisher going to check his horoscope for game-planning hints?
by peytonsurdaddy on Oct 11, 2009 8:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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