Titans 47 Rams 7 Recap: The Good, Bad and Ugly
by Jimmy on Dec 14, 2009 10:49 AM CST
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I am not up to the challenge of writing a traditional recap about this game. It was boring the first time, and I have a feeling that reading about it would be even more boring. So I decided to mail it in with a good, bad and ugly post. Here goes:
The Good
The defense. I know they were facing a guy from a D-II school who had never made an NFL start, but five picks is pretty impressive no matter the occasion. Good to see our boy Keith Bulluck come up with two of them. This secondary has been torched by the better passers in the league this season, but have feasted on the lesser competition. The bad news is their are no passing cupcakes left on the schedule.
The defense was also able to help Chris Johnson extend his rushing lead over Steven Jackson by holding Jackson to just 47 yards on 19 carries. CJ now leads SJ by 347 yards!
The Bad
CJ fell way off the pace to catch Eric Dickerson, and now faces an uphill battle to get to 2,000. He needs 125 yards per game the rest of the way to get to 2,000 (doable) and 160 per game to catch Dickerson (probably not doable). At least he still has a good shot at the yards from scrimmage mark of 2,429. CJ has 2,017 thus far and should be able to take that one down.
The Ugly
The offense with Kerry Collins under center. There is not a defense above the high school level that is afraid of Collins right now, and the Rams proved yesterday they are no exception. They loaded up to stop CJ, which I guess is why Heimerdinger decided to let KC put the ball in the air 19 times.
I give this team about a 5% chance of beating the Dolphins next week if Collins is under center, so a lot of my time this week will be spent petitioning the football gods for healing for Vince Young's knee.
Ok, so maybe that was just as boring as the usual recap would have been, but at least I didn't spend as much time writing, and you didn't have to spend as much time reading. That is my Christmas present to each and everyone of you.
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Am I allowed to distribute MCM bucks?
If so, 10 billion to the first person who can name Keith Null’s coach at West Texas A&M University (without laughing hysterically).
I guess you're technically correct
So you get have of 10 billion MCM bucks, which comes out to eleventy billion (the exchange rate is strange).
Congrats.
His QB coach
was Ryan Leaf.
/swaggerjaked from August on MCM Radio last night
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It felt like
25% of our plays after KC came in were throws out of bounds. I’m sure it wasn’t really that bad, but felt like it.
KC has really dropped off. I’m not even comfortable with him as a backup next year. VY isn’t going to be a plays all 16 games guy; he’s probably going to tweak something once a year or so.
Yeah, it's really important to have a reliable back up QB....
so what are our options?
by titansfan4ever on Dec 14, 2009 11:14 AM CST up reply actions
And the next question is...
will VY ever be able to be the “ironman” that his mentor was?
by titansfan4ever on Dec 14, 2009 11:16 AM CST up reply actions
yeah because.....
a hamstring injury the most horrible injury there is and it doesnt happen often. give the man some time, he just barely proved all the critics wrong who thought he was done. some fans are always looking to critique players anway they can i guess. im pretty sure this hammy injury is not going to require surgery.
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"Let VY loose, give him the chance to play his heart out. for himself, for the titans...and for mcnair"
"Titans & Texans fan, dont bug me w/your petty b.s., life's confusing enough."
jeff garcia is still a free agent...
And michael vick should be available next season…
by vancouverTITAN on Dec 14, 2009 1:15 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I think Philly will re-sign Vick...
they’ve got it going on the way they switch out him & McNabb.
by titansfan4ever on Dec 14, 2009 2:28 PM CST up reply actions
As much as he sucks
I feel certain he’ll be our backup next year.
We might not like his play but Fisher will keep him around (see: Nick Harper).
No way Kerry sticks around as a backup.
One of the stipulations of him coming back was that he’d be the starter.
We'll see on that
I wouldn’t turn down a few million to hold a clipboard.
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 14, 2009 11:46 AM CST up reply actions
That makes me uneasy
thinking he isn’t going to be a 16 games a year guy. He did play all of ‘07, but he’s been hurt several times the last 2 years. Sure, they all get nicked up, but I always worry with the mobile, running quarterback providing any level of durability. I guess that is why I’ve never been a fan outside of the college game.
No, he didn't
In ‘07, VY left part way through the Tampa game and didn’t play in the game the next week at Houston.
I can deal with it
and so can the franchise. He’s not the iron man Steve was, but who is? Playing missing an arm or a leg was something you got with Steve, but there aren’t any other QBs (or darned few) like that. If I’m choosing a super power for my QB, I choose the Peyton/Favre “never gets injured” ability over McNair’s “can play without all his limbs” ability, but even so it was still a rare thing. I don’t think less of VY because he’s not at that legendary level of McNair toughness.
They just need a decent plan for the one or two games that VY is out each season with a flat tire. The Eagles have dealt with this pretty well for years.
People seem to forget that the Titans dealt with it too, and with McNair.
How many games did he miss in the Super Bowl year? Wasn’t it four?
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Breakdown:
The Good: Miami beats Jacksonville, we beat STL. Now we need help with Baltimore and NY before we can control our own destiny. Still, good news in Jax!!
The Bad: Lions lost to Baltimore, VY got a hammie.
The Ugly: Baltimore needs to lose a game they are ABSOLUTELY not supposed to lose in the final three weeks for us to have a shot at the #6 seed. The Bears are up this week, and they have been terrible, and now have nothing to play for.
The really ugly: there is less than a 100% chance VY plays this week, which is terrifying. A KC start against Miami means we lose 17-12, and our last drive inside of two minutes ends in an INT.
Here in Chicago, the fans are already talking draft. I hope Cutler has something to prove!!!
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by The Jade Scorpion on Dec 14, 2009 11:39 AM CST reply actions
Love the Caption
That is all
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 14, 2009 11:49 AM CST reply actions
you want to know what the fnniest thing about that pic is....
KC still is allowed to wear the “C” on his jersey….
Thats what i call bass-ackwards…..
by Bonafidebrother on Dec 14, 2009 12:06 PM CST reply actions
Yeah, just more proof that the "C" means nothing in the NFL
Heck, Donnie Nickey has it
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 14, 2009 12:09 PM CST up reply actions
Well, I assumed that Donnie had it
because he was an outstanding Special Teams player…but you’re right….it doesnt matter…LOL!
by Bonafidebrother on Dec 14, 2009 12:14 PM CST up reply actions
no, they flip coins for it and gamble it away in poker games
means nothing
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by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 14, 2009 3:25 PM CST up reply actions
at least
they took off Collins from the header of the press section of titansonline.com and put in VY instead
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by Aditya T (smashville) on Dec 14, 2009 12:26 PM CST up reply actions
No way...the funniest thing about that pic is...
it looks like the defender is trying to pull KC’s pants down to kiss his a$$ or something (EW!! that’s gay)
by titansfan4ever on Dec 14, 2009 2:40 PM CST up reply actions
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