Some Thoughts On Titans Defensive Coordinator Chuck Cecil

But let me sum-up every MCM headline:

0-2 is nothing to worry about,
no changes needed,
the team will be fine,
(crickets chirping) on Collins – Kerry who? What are you talking about…?
Things will just get better.
Damn the luck.
We’re just too damn awesomely good for this to keep up.
Leave all the coaches alone.
We’ll be healthy soon, and that’s when the REAL Titans will show up.
Why is everyone acting like 0-2 means anything?

That about sums it up……

We might be looking at this backwards. Maybe the problem isn’t that Cecil is the Defensive Coordinator? Maybe the problem is that he is no longer the DB Coach?

However, I probably wouldn’t be that mad if Mouton or Fuller took Nick Harpers place. By my count, he gave up 8 first downs and 2 touchdowns. 3 of those 8 first downs were pass interference. Not only that, several players were WIDE OPEN. Nobody within 5 yards. How does someone get that open when you only rush 4??

that nick harper’s legs would be gone and that mixed with a less brutal pass rush would kill us. well, it’s killing us.

There have been no sides that have won many play-off games or a superbowl without regular blitzing. This defence set up is not giving us wins. We must reconsider. we cannot give these quarterbacks the amount of time that we are currently doing. this is common sense.

trouble is that without big Albert we can’t get to the qb to pressure him into an errant pass or even a sack? Griffin and Harper definitely need to step up and do their job, but we also need to not let any opposing qb just sit back and throw bombs all day.

but if the Titans give up 300 yards again to Sanchez next week, Cecil definitely has to go. If he cannot make the adjustments after two weeks then he is not qualified to be a coordinator.

UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

there were two offensive coordinators sacked before their first regular season game this year.

But thats not the point. Jim Schwartz didn’t have three pro bowlers in the secondary in his first year. I just don’t understand why we didn’t make any adjustments in our defense after the first game loss. I hope i’m wrong about Cecil.

But again, IMO another bad pass defense next week with 3 pro bowlers in the secondary is not acceptable. Somebody has to go. Harper, Cecil, Fisher, Bud Adams, T-Rac, the Waterboy, whoever. A change has to be made.

did not win that game and big. I figured offensively they had it in the bag. I was concerned a bit about the defense going into it, but had no idea we would be that badly beaten in the secondary.

so much talk about how hard hitting Cecil was as a player and that he’s a players coach and so and so on. I just wonder if he hasn’t been promoted into a new level of incompetence which happens in business every day. One thing I have to give to Schwartz was he was a student of the game and had a grasp on tactics, strategies, schemes, looks, etc. He was a somewhat of a nerd breaking it down into stats and percentages but he knew teams so much better and did a fine job at making adjustments that made sense. The play calls by Cecil the past 2 games looked inexperienced and unprepared and then we have players blowing coverages. The defense looked lost at times as if they really had no idea what they were doing. I can’t put that all on the players. Players are only as good as their coach leading them. I for one am sorry Schwartz left I think he is a better DC then a head coach and I wish he were still here. Just my opinion.

I remember when the Titans D struggled in the past, Bulluck (I think ) said the problem was that they were not trusting each other and that some were trying to do too much to compensate for others. Is that what’s happening with Griffin? Is he biting so hard on the fakes because he thinks the play won’t get stopped without him being there to make the tackle?

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