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Brief Overview of the Titans remaining schedule

November 12th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | No Comments | Filed in Tennessee Titans

Halfway through the year for the Titans, and it has been documented here on how weird of a season this has been. The Titans sit at 2-6 but are on a 2 game winning streak. I honestly feel like only the past two games have we seen who the 2009 Titans really are.

I’d say they’re a team with a great running game (and runningback) who function the best with a Quarterback who doesn’t make mistakes. The Defense is much worse than the past couple of years, but is still good enough to make stops at times and force some turnovers. This team, if starting over, would probably go 9-7.

Now that we have some semblance of the Titans true ability level as a team, lets take a quick look at the remaining schedule:

  • Week 10 – Buffalo Bills: Buffalo sucks at the things the Titans are good at. Easy win. Chances of winning: 95%
  • Week 11 – at Houston Texans: Houston is a better team this year than the Titans. They also always play well at home and their strength is the weakness of the Titans. However, Houston has shit the bed in games they should’ve won (including the past game against Indy), so anything could happen. Chances of winning: 35%
  • Week 12 – Arizona Cardinals: The Cardinals have a good defense and an offense designed to destroy the Titans defense. The Cardinals though are rather schizophrenic and do not play well in cold weather, which this game has the potential to be. Chances of winning: 30%
  • Week 13 – at Indianapolis Colts: This could be a big redemption game for the Titans, but will mostly involve Peyton Manning playing target practice. I look to this game to see if Vince can keep it close and play well coming from behind and having to throw the ball. I don’t expect the Titans to win though. Chances of winning: 25%
  • Week 14 – St. Louis Rams: The Rams suck. They could be worse than Detroit was last year (despite having a “better” record). Chances of winning: 98%
  • Week 15 – Miami Dolphins: These teams mirror each other in style. The thing is, Miami has a much better defense than the Titans. The Titans have much better Wide Receivers than the Dolphins though, and the Dolphins can’t do the thing that kills the Titans defense the most. Chances of winning: 50%
  • Week 16 – San Diego Chargers: Good team. Great passing team. Horrible defense. Chris Johnson could bust this one wide open, but so could Phillip Rivers. Chances of winning: 35%
  • Week 17 – at Seattle Seahawks: I really have no idea on how good or bad the Seahawks are. They tend to play well at home though, so this game could be tight. Chances of winning: 55%

The Titans do not have an easy 2nd half schedule, so this is going to be rough. The upside to that is Vince will get many an opportunity to prove he can play with the best. However, realistically for the teams fortunes, 4-4 would be a good accomplishment to finish 6-10.

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Posse Preview Week 1: Titans vs. Steelers

September 8th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 12 Comments | Filed in Posse Preview

2 days. We are 2 days away from the first game of the NFL season. To open the regular season, we are stuck with playing the returning champion Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s a game I both dread and look forward to. So, without further stalling, lets preview it:

Strengths for the Titans

  • Controlling the Line of Scrimmage: Any good Tennessee Titans team starts and ends with this. Our Offensive Line is generally acknowledged as top 3 in the league and will remain so barring a major injury. The Steelers defense is extremely impressive, but our line showed last year that they are good enough to get Chris Johnson some space and Kerry Collins enough time to make a decision. So while we obviously won’t dominate the line of scrimmage offensively, we’ll at least hold serve and possibly control it for a drive or two. The big question mark is on the Defensive Line. While we are talented and deep, there is a question of whether we can dominate as our D-Line has for the past 2 years. Pittsburgh has a weak Offensive Line and while their O-line is expected to improve, nobody expects it to be a top unit. Our D-Line MUST take advantage of this or we will be in some trouble.
  • Running the Ball: We’re a better running team than Pittsburgh. This can be neutralized by how good Pittsburgh’s run defense is, but I don’t think it will be enough. If our running game can get us to 3rd and 3 or better, we have enough of a passing game to convert these with some regularity. I know we won’t get our usual yards rushing, but to expect 3 yards a carry is not ridiculous, and could be enough to keep the Steelers defense on their toes.
  • Tight End: We will need to use all 3 of our Tight Ends in different ways to help out the Receiving Corps. Cook, if he is fully healthy, could be the X factor, as his speed will be unexpected coming from that position. I imagine the Tight End will be Collins’ first look on 3rd downs, and even with our O-Line you rarely get a 2nd look against this defense so our Tight Ends will need to come to play.

Weaknesses for the Titans (more…)

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