Tennessee Titans Reviewed By Pro Football Focus and Football Outsiders

by August West on Nov 23, 2011 12:00 PM CST in Tennessee Titans Commentary

I don't care what they say, Ruud would be standing about where McCourty is on this play.

PFF has the Re-Focused for last week's loss to the Falcons, and it largely confirms a lot of what we saw. The offensive line had a horrible day doing anything outside of breathing and jumping offsides. Even Michael Roos earned a negative grade for the first time this year. Mike Otto also struggled in relief for David Stewart.

One of the things I didn't expect was some of the criticism of Colin McCarthy. While it still graded as better than anything Ruud has done as a Titan, they rated McCarthy as worse in pass coverage than I expected. McCarthy gave up 4 catches for 54 yards, and he missed two tackles in coverage. Of course, Ruud gave up just about the same on the Falcons' opening drive, so most likely McCarthy looked better to me because I viewed it through the prism of Ruud's ineptitude. He's still a huge upgrade at MLB, but McCarthy in coverage will be something we need to watch this week against Kellen Winslow.

Follow me though the jump for more thoughts and surprises...

Also surprising to me was that Locker ended up with almost the exact same grade as Matt Hasselbeck. I'm not sure how to explain that since, while they both had some overthrows, Locker ended up with 2 TDs, no INTs and 58 points higher in QB rating. Locker also ended up 12 spots higher in this week's Football Outsiders Quick Reads. Maybe the difference between the raw stats and PFF's rating stems from what FO pointed out [emphasis added by me]:

All [Locker] does is throw touchdowns: 86 percent of Locker's passing DYAR comes from his two touchdown tosses. He had one stretch of nine dropbacks that produced 15 yards and one first down.

Also, PFF has a great bit here on just how good Cortland Finnegan has been this season:

Tennessee Titans: The longest pass that Cortland Finnegan has allowed is 33 yards, which is the shortest of the corners with a coverage rating of at least +5.0.

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That is what I was saying yesterday; McCarthy looked great in run support and overall tackling, but was getting beat in pass coverage just like everyone else

chalk it up to rookie mistakes, I hope.

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by StPrattrick on Nov 23, 2011 12:12 PM CST reply actions

McCarthy is a rookie 4th round pick

But, what is Barrett Ruud’s excuse?

by shawneriksmith on Nov 23, 2011 1:41 PM CST reply actions

I hear McCarthy would have gone much higher if it wasn't for his injury history...

Barrett Ruud’s excuse is that he really sucks.

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by StPrattrick on Nov 23, 2011 2:09 PM CST up reply actions

I missed the game.

Was Ruud benched or what?

And I’m so glad to hear that Locker is what we hoped. Next year should be great.

It's all fun and games until someone gets a concussion from a stray flying footbal. *cough* Kerry *cough*

by MikeGriffFan27 on Nov 23, 2011 1:51 PM CST via mobile reply actions

He got hurt.

"Do the Titans have a miracle left in them in what has been a magical season to this point? If they do, they need it now. 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. 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, endzone...touchdown, Titans! There are no flags on the field! It's a miracle! Tennessee has pulled a miracle! A miracle for the Titans!"

by TennesseeTyrants on Nov 23, 2011 2:23 PM CST up reply actions