Titans 14 Bears 13 Quick Recap

by Jimmy on Aug 27, 2011 10:23 PM CDT in Tennessee Titans Recaps

It is always good to win, whether it counts or not, but this team should not walk away from this game feeling very good about themselves. The defense looked pretty terrible all night long. At one point I had to double check and make sure Chuck Cecil wasn't over there calling the plays. Jay Cutler picked them apart pretty badly.

The offense didn't look as sharp as they had in earlier games, but that is somewhat to be expected against a defense as good as the Bears.

Click through the jump to see my bullet point thoughts that I posted as I watched the game.

There seemed to be a lot of holes in the zone early for Jay Cutler.
Nate Washington should have caught the first ball Matt Hasselbeck threw to him. It looked like he was afraid to get hit.
Should we be worried about Bironas?
Nice pursuit by Akeem Ayers to take Matt Forte out behind the line.
Jovan Haye with a nice push inside to blow up a running play.
Nice to see a good return from Marc Mariani.
Barrett Ruud got flattened by Forte. That isn't a good sign.
My boy Damian Williams had a really rough night.
Jamie Harper has made a huge transition from the first preseason game until now. He might push Javon Ringer for carries.
On the ball Hasselbeck threw up to D-Will, he should have made the same throw to Jared Cook who had inside position on the guy that was covering him.
Did Chuck Cecil call this game?
Sweet hurdle by Ahmard Hall.
FALL ON THE BALL LAVELLE!
The Titans were really luck to only be down 10-7 at the half.
Nice stop on third and short by Colin McCarthy.
Karl Klug is going to be a really good player. I am excited to see what he can become as he develops.
Tommie Campbell is really fast. It would be nice to see him push Frank Walker off of this roster. I am not sure he is there yet, but that sure was a nice play tonight.
Good to see Rennie Curran sniff out a screen and blow it up.
How was there no flag on the deep ball from Jake Locker to Yamon Figurs?
Wow on the Chad Cunningham play. That is really all I have to say about that one.
Tim Shaw did something Donnie Nickey never did in his career- break up a pass.

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Tonight was DWill's chance to cement himself as legit

…total fail

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by rothbard on Aug 27, 2011 10:25 PM CDT reply actions

I really hope this isn't a sign of bad depth on the d-line.

Chicago has one of the worst offensive lines in the league and Cutler had days to throw. Starting unit got burned by Forte some on the delayed gives, gotta be alert!

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by ronburgundy7427 on Aug 27, 2011 10:26 PM CDT reply actions

Oh and in regards to Harper...

I agree that he has improved immensely from game to game, but tonight he looked to me like he was “dancing” too much trying to find room. I think it was Eddie who said during one of the prior games that a big guy like him just needs to hit the hole and go, he’s not going to be able to make something out of nothing and cut on a dime like CJ can.

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by ronburgundy7427 on Aug 27, 2011 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions

agreed. run forward.

Agreed.

But still.

by rsikes on Aug 28, 2011 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions

Titans

suckage today!

by charmando on Aug 27, 2011 10:30 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

a win is a win is a win

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by nolesbroncos3456 on Aug 27, 2011 10:44 PM CDT reply actions

offense was meh

defense was very poor

by trevor2013 on Aug 27, 2011 10:51 PM CDT reply actions

Damian..

blew it tonight

by trevor2013 on Aug 27, 2011 10:51 PM CDT reply actions

Saw a replay of Tommie's TD

The dude can fly! Very fast … hopefully in 2-3 years he’ll be a viable player for us!

Other than that, there wasn’t a whole lot to praise tonight. Defense looked awful, gotta work on that. Offense didn’t look crisp, hopefully they get that fixed once CJ and Britt get back in.

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by Dynamic Dreadlocks on Aug 27, 2011 10:56 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

Assuming Campell and Stafon Johnson clear waivers, we're gonna have two feel good stories on the practice squad.

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by Titanluv318 on Aug 28, 2011 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions

only got to see second half

but what i saw our defence did fairly well, other than that i really didnt see much

error

by MississippiTitan on Aug 27, 2011 11:06 PM CDT reply actions

Let's just hope

the team looks better when the #1 back and #1 wr options show up.

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by Big Bad Bulluck on Aug 27, 2011 11:14 PM CDT reply actions

offense looks like crap.

still no CJ. still no Britt. preseason. alright, whatever.

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by danielreese05 on Aug 27, 2011 11:16 PM CDT reply actions

defense looks worse, to me.

Cutler had too long to throw. Then his WR’s were wide open most of the time. I really hope Gray isn’t Cecil 2.0

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by Dynamic Dreadlocks on Aug 27, 2011 11:18 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

What we saw tonight...

was the young receivers come up empty. We saw Jamie Harper play great again. If CJ shows up, he takes away all of Ringers redzone carries at least. If CJ doesn’t show up, it’s at least a 50/50 split, probably. We saw that both the offense and the defense still have a lot of room to grow in their new systems.

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by TennesseeTyrants on Aug 27, 2011 11:45 PM CDT reply actions

How is 13 for 36 great?

5 of Harper’s 13 attempts were for no gain or a loss. Granted he had a few great runs, but taken as a whole I would say our running game was below average. If anything it shows how much we need CJ.

by eawee on Aug 28, 2011 4:48 AM CDT up reply actions

yeah i agree

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by Ice0ne (CAJ) on Aug 28, 2011 8:11 AM CDT up reply actions

Good point.

I was more impressed with his running style. I think our offensive line was struggling with their D line a bit, but he wasn’t running soft.

by TennesseeTyrants on Aug 28, 2011 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions

He did against a great defensive line!

Most of his big runs where right at Peppers! Including that TD

by datboybevans on Aug 28, 2011 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions

It appears the Lavelle Hawkins experiement is wrapping up as a failure. I can’t imagine he makes the opening day roster.

by Russell Freda on Aug 27, 2011 11:56 PM CDT reply actions

More stuff about Mallet

Partying, but more serious and a bit stupider.

nothing to see, move along.. just glad he’s not here

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by Ice0ne (CAJ) on Aug 28, 2011 12:29 AM CDT reply actions

ruud was ran over twice, and dragged atleast once

i heard about that from the Bucs SB nation blog.
and it kinda scares me…

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by Ice0ne (CAJ) on Aug 28, 2011 12:34 AM CDT reply actions

thats not good.....

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by oHIo1 on Aug 28, 2011 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions

He had a few Tackles For Losses not more than Klug though.

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by Titanluv318 on Aug 28, 2011 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions