Titans 23 Texans 22: Grading the Offense

by rsikes on Jan 1, 2012 5:30 PM CST

Anyone's heart stop beating there? Yea me too. The Titans looked decent on offense today; Hasselbeck did the best he could with some horrible play-calling from Chris Palmer. It was good to see Donnie Avery make some plays today and I have to give some credit to him for making a great catch in the corner of the endzone. I think it can go without saying Nate Washington has been a big reason why we reached 9 wins this season, another great catch on a lob from Matt.

Speaking of, Hasselbeck completed 22 of 35 passes for 297 yards and 2 touchdowns. I really liked how they came out firing to start the game and Hasselbeck made the plays he needed to to win the game.

Grade: B+

Chris Johnson rushed for 61 yards on 15 carries. It appeared he might go over the 100 yard mark because he had 52 yards at the half. Jamie Harper picked up a key first down late in the game only to have it immediately forgotten after the fumble by Ahmard Hall. I have no idea why Hall was carrying the ball that late in the game as he has proven before he has a history of fumbling in key situations.

Grade: C

Tweet Comment 17 comments | 1 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

Did Hall fumble in the 2008 playoff game?

I know Crumpler did, feel like there was another one and can’t recall who it was.

Banned from Stampede Blue for comments made on MCM. Yes, I am a champion.

by ronburgundy7427 on Jan 1, 2012 5:32 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

yep he did.

MCM's Favorite Hawkeye

by rsikes on Jan 1, 2012 5:33 PM CST up reply actions

Lendale was the other fumbler

by trevor2013 on Jan 1, 2012 6:25 PM CST up reply actions

Lendale fumbled

by DustyPaynts on Jan 1, 2012 5:39 PM CST via mobile reply actions 1 recs

you know as soon as I typed my comment I started to wonder if thats who it was.

Thanks for clearing that up.

MCM's Favorite Hawkeye

by rsikes on Jan 1, 2012 5:39 PM CST up reply actions

I listened to the game because I was on the road.

What made the play calling so horrible?

From listening to Frank Wycheck call the game, I got the impression that Hass had some bad throws, but that the receivers really weren’t doing him any favors a lot of the time.

"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 Jan 1, 2012 5:56 PM CST reply actions

The receivers were doing fine

Hass was throwing the ball just out of their reach most of the time.

Haters gonna hate

http://www.justinlstewart.com/

https://www.facebook.com/JustinStewartPhotography

Follow @JustinLStewart

by JustinS on Jan 1, 2012 8:10 PM CST up reply actions

Game of inches..

[disclaimer: this poster has no idea what the hell he's talking about.]

I has a sad. Its name is Eugene Amano.

The Official MCM Idiot

by fanoftheunderdogs on Jan 1, 2012 9:29 PM CST up reply actions

That's what she said

Haters gonna hate

http://www.justinlstewart.com/

https://www.facebook.com/JustinStewartPhotography

Follow @JustinLStewart

by JustinS on Jan 1, 2012 10:16 PM CST up reply actions

Wycheck was really unhappy with how a few routes were being ran early in the game.

I’m not saying Hass was perfect or even good—I didn’t watch the game. Just going by what Wycheck was saying.

by TennesseeTyrants on Jan 1, 2012 11:21 PM CST up reply actions

I'm sorry but their grade on Rushing should not be a "C" - more like a D.

They only had 86 yards rushing…4 yards below their 31st ranked 90 yard average for the year.
Average for the league would be 116 yards a game…thats the 6th ranked rush offense in the league currently.

Anything less than 116 is a poor performance. We are pathetic on rushing. We need CJ to step up and need to replace the interior of our line. Hope we sign Myers away from Houston and draft a OG in the first round. They were awful today in both rush and pass protection.

http://i52.tinypic.com/2lxc75c.png

by Deaconbrodie on Jan 1, 2012 5:57 PM CST reply actions