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Schadenfreude: The last chance at football joy

October 22nd, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 7 Comments | Filed in T-Rac Circle of Hatred

scha⋅den⋅freu⋅de (pronounced /ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə/, German pronunciation: is pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.

The Titans are 0-6 and judging by their recent 59-0 loss, not getting any better. Our beloved Coach has pissed off half the fanbase by wearing a Peyton Manning jersey in public. Our QB of the future can’t beat out a 37 year old journeyman who was drafted BEFORE Eddie George had even won the Heisman Trophy. The Titans don’t only suck. They are the laughingstock of the NFL.

So, why continue to watch football? What is the point of trooping on? Well, outside of fan support, there is one thing that can still bring joy to the heart of angry Titans fans: Shadenfruede.

Nothing can bring joy quite like your opponent completely failing. Except maybe a Super Bowl. And a winning team. Okay, forget that. Plenty of things bring greater joy than a hated team completely failing. However, THIS season, the 2009 NFL season, for a Titans fan, nothing can bring joy quite like the failure of others. There are many already existing storylines of Shadenfreude along with many potential ones as well. I will cover them all. Why? Because I’m tired of reflecting on 59-0. Time to hate everybody else.

Current Joyful Failures

Storyline of Hateful Joy #1: The collapse of the almighty Jets and pretty boy Mark Sanchez: This one is an amazing story. At the beginning of the year pretty much everyone said, “The Jets will suck.” I predicted them at 3-13. Well, they came out looking amazing. A top defense and a powerful running game along with the pretty boy savior QB not making huge mistakes led the Jets to a 3-0 record. The Jets looked like they could be division champs. Then they went down to New Orleans and Sanchez played like dogshit. Nobody blinked. It happens. The Superdome is hard to play in, blah blah blah. Well then on Monday Night Football the Miami Dolphins Wildcatted (fuck yeah it’s a verb) the shit out of the VAUNTED JETS DEFENSE and won 31-27. Ah yes. Well it happens. Miami played a great game.

But then….

5 interceptions!!!!! AGAINST THE BILLS!! HAHAHA YOU’RE RUNNING GAME GAVE YOU 300 YARDS RUSHING AND YOU STILL LOST DIRTY SANCHEZ!!! HOW DOES IT FEEL!!! 5 Interceptions in 29 attempts. That is 1 interception every 6 pass attempts. OH I LOVE IT!! SUCK ON IT YOU OVERRATED PRETTY BOY!!! How’s that “alpha male” bullshit working out now, Dilfer? Oh man, I love it. Fail you over-privileged assmunch. FAIL.

So gay...

So gay...

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Posse Preview Week 4: Titans vs. Jaguars

October 2nd, 2009 by Rogersworthe | No Comments | Filed in Posse Preview

This is a game that used to mean something outside of pride. Not so much this year. If the Titans beat the Jaguars it’s sort of a “Who cares?” from the rest of the league, and if they lose it just reiterates how much of a lost season this year has become. Very sad situation things have come to. That being said, as a Titans fan I still have a tiny morsel of hope and would also like to see a win. So, lets preview this bitch.

For the sake of my sanity, PLEASE complete a pass in the 4th Quarter on Sunday.

For the sake of my sanity, PLEASE complete a pass in the 4th Quarter on Sunday.

Strengths for the Titans

  • Running Game: I cannot stress this enough. Run, run, run, run, run and then run a little more. We’re really good at it and this whole “lets get our new playmakers the ball” crap is not working out. Run it.
  • Stopping the Running Game: Easy Peazy. They don’t have an offensive line. They literally might be holograms to fool the 68 year old referees the NFL employs just so they don’t get penalized or have to forfeit. I honestly think 8 college teams have a better Offensive line than the Jaguars.
  • Pass Rush: After the Jets performance, I feel confident putting this in the strengths category. Cecil recovered and so did the players. They found a recipe that works last week. CONTINUE IT.

Weaknesses for the Titans (more…)

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Posse Review: Titans vs. Jets Week 3

September 28th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 4 Comments | Filed in Posse Review
Kerry Collins has left much to be desired in late game situations. Like completing a pass.

Kerry Collins has left much to be desired in late game situations. Like completing a pass.

Another gut punch loss. The game started out to where I thought to myself, “There isn’t a chance for us to win this game.” However, the Titans proved me wrong, to my extreme happiness. Then they went ahead and lost anyways. I, after the game, declared the season dead. I don’t see much evidence to the contrary in regards to how our schedule is lining up. So lets review this game.

Permanent Problems

  • Special Teams: In two of the first three games, you can make a case that special teams cost us the game. With all the other problems the Titans have had with turnovers, worst pass defense in the league, inability to run the 2 minute offense, etc., etc., the Titans could still be 2-1 if their special teams were competent. Heck, if they were good, they might be 3-0. However, I would be willing to settle for competent and 2-1. That is ridiculous. And Jeff Fisher is ENTIRELY to blame. More on that later.
  • Lack of Offensive Identity: Another week in which the Titans spend a good part of the game looking confused on offense. Some flashes of brilliance (AGAIN), but then just complete confusion, offsides at inopportune times and sacks at inopportune times. It’s frustrating to watch, especially when I have seen evidence that this offense could be elite.
  • Pass Defense: While it played better against the Jets than the previous two games, the defense looked its best when they got pressure. Cecil dialed up some blitzes at perfect times. However, the few times there wasn’t enough pressure, Sanchez picked up some big yardage passing and confirmed that this unit will be the Achilles’ heel all year.

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T-Rac Live Game Chat: Week 3 – Tennessee Titans vs. New York Jets

September 27th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 1 Comment | Filed in Live Gameday Chat

Come on in and chat with the authors of T-Rac’s Posse about the Titans vs. Jets game.

Rules

  1. Don’t be an idiot.

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Weekend Poll: Will the Titans beat the Jets?

September 26th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 1 Comment | Filed in Tennessee Titans

Can’t get any more simple than this. We are one day away from seeing if the Titans can save their season or if they’re going to collapse one year after going 13-3. HUGE game. So, what do you see happening? Also, throw us a comment with your official score predictions. I’ve got 17-14 Titans. Vote now!

Will the Titans beat the Jets?

  • No; Hope is Dead (67%, 6 Votes)
  • Yes; this season is not lost! (33%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 9

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Blogger Wars: Titans vs. Jets

September 25th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | No Comments | Filed in Blogger Wars

Jets BlogSo, this week with blogger wars I went toe to toe in a quick email exchange with Brian Bassett from thejetsblog.com. It wasn’t as contentious as the Steelers one, but nobody pulled their punches either. I started it off with this email here:

So before the season I figured the week 3 Jets game would be a blip on the Titans radar, a reprieve from a tough early schedule. It now turns out that the Jets may be the hardest team on their early schedule that have brought returns of 0-2. However, I am undaunted! I will explain why the Titans will beat your Jets:

1) Mark Sanchez. Throwing well against the Texans is a minor accomplishment even on 3rd down as Chris Johnson proved he could run for 60 yard touchdowns TWICE on 3rd and 19 on them.  He then struggled for -2 yards or something ridiculous in the first half against New England before realizing “Wait… these guys are SLOW!” and putting together one good drive. Now I know the Jets running game has looked good, but they haven’t faced a team that can shut down the run like the Titans. They’re 0-2 because they shut down the run and give up 377 yards passing, which means it will be all on Marky Mark to try to replicate that. Good luck.

2) It is a MUST WIN, and while the Titans have been undisciplined and inconsistent and lots of other bad words, the one thing they are is talented. This week either keeps their season on life support or ends it, and I believe Jeff Fisher will have them ready.

3) It’s the Jets. They always ruin good things. Without the Lions, the Jets would be the laughing stock.

4) Brett Favre curse is not done. It has one more shot to take.

5) Jets defense is amazing, but the Titans have the offensive line to contend with it.

6) Rex Ryan is quite possibly a crazy man.

Well there you go. Those are my reasons as to why the Titans can and will win this game against a lot of odds. Lets see if you can refute these borderline genius points.

Your move, sir.

Mr. Bassett then came back with his shots at my brilliantly composed email: (more…)

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Posse Preview Week 3: Titans vs. Jets

September 25th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 1 Comment | Filed in Posse Preview

0-2. That is where they are. My beloved team…. 0-2. So, this makes the Jets game potentially the most important game of the season. If the Titans win, they’re back in the hunt, self confidence begins to rise, things feel like it just might work out. If they lose… season over and talk begins of potentially playing Vince Young. So, now that I have stared that reality in the face and kept from blacking out, lets preview this biznatch.

Hopefully we will see more of this and less of receivers not covered 35 yards downfield

Hopefully we will see more of this and less of receivers not covered 35 yards downfield

Strengths for the Titans

  • Offensive Line: Well, I can’t say “Controlling the Line of Scrimmage” anymore because on defense the Titans can’t do that. At best one can say they hold serve on the D-Line. However, the O-Line is doing its thing, keeping Collins upright and giving Johnson and LenDale lanes to run in. It’s a semi-bright spot on a team that doesn’t have many.
  • Stopping the Run: If the Jets can’t run the ball, all of a sudden Mark “Chiquita” Sanchez has to play amazingly well with mediocre receivers to put up points. Luckily the Titans have looked awesome against the run in between the 35 yard pass plays they have routinely given up. This has to hold in the Jets game. If the Jets get any sort of running game going…. well then we’re in for a long day of Michael Griffin breaking on play action fakes (which he might do anyways).
  • Running the Ball: They’ve proven they can do it in spurts, however the Titans have not done it consistently and in a way to ice a game. It might be Heimerdinger trying too hard to get the passing game going, it might be the boom and bust nature of Chris Johnson, or both. But whatever it is, the Titans need to get back to popping 14 play 8 minute drives off where 9 of the 14 plays are runs. It will help the old defense out, it will demoralize the other team, it will ice any leads they can get. The Texans should’ve seen A LOT MORE runs, but did not and the Titans ended up losing a 14 point lead as a result.

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Posse Review: Titans vs. Texans Week 2

September 21st, 2009 by Rogersworthe | No Comments | Filed in Posse Review
Kerry fails once again late in the game

Kerry fails once again late in the game

And I thought the Steelers game hurt. The 2009 Titans, the team that can’t finish a game. Problem is, this time it wasn’t against the returning champs. We can’t pretend that there was actually a lot of good to take away from this game. We have nothing good to take away from this game, because the one good thing, Chris Johnson is really fast and the Texans are retarded, are things we knew already. So… let me try to get through this and recap this shit.

Permanent Problems

  • Nick Harper: I think the Titans secondary can recover and play better, but Nick Harper is who he is. Slow and small with no ability to cover man on man. At best we have to run bubble zones with him. That doesn’t work without a beast of a pass rush, and we have not received that. Mouton needs to develop quickly.
  • Ball Control: We haven’t helped our defense on offense by holding the ball and having long drives. Against Houston, we either went 3 and out or Chris Johnson scored a 60 yard touchdown. We only had one sustained drive (where Nate Washington got the touchdown on the fade route). This is bad. Some sort of identity and stability must be found. Frankly, as weird as this sounds, I think LenDale needs a bit more playing time, especially once we obtain a lead.
  • Dumb Penalties: 2 weeks in a row count’s as a trend when it is 1/8th of your season. We can’t keep getting penalties in big spots.
  • Turnovers: Have to stop, have to stop, have to stop.
  • Defensive Line: They are talented and at times show some great skill, but they aren’t dominant like in past years. Now, I don’t think it’s a huge problem, but the Titans have to recognize what they are at D-Line and adjust accordingly.

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