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Blogger Wars: Titans vs. Steelers

September 10th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 5 Comments | Filed in Blogger Wars

I told you we would be having an email battle with bloggers for rival teams, and this week is obviously the Steelers. Donald from Steelers Today was who we did eBattle with this game.

Donald, as stated on his site, feels he crushed me. I feel differently. I think I tried to be civil and he shot back with analysis that… well… its filled with a lot of typical Pittsburghian (a Peter King word) irrationality. I’ll let you decide.

My first email:

So, Steelers Today, as you know the Titans and the Steelers open the NFL season this Thursday. I find this appropriate because I felt last year we were the two best teams in the NFL and  going into this year, I see no reason for this not to be the case again. So lets cut to the chase. This is why I think the Titans will be the victorious team on Thursday:

1) Line domination: When we won last year, it was all because our Offensive Line held serve against your insanely good defense enough for Chris Johnson to get some daylight and for Kerry Collins to get a pass in on a Polamalu misread. On defense, our line dominated your struggling Offensive Line, the closest thing the 2008 Steelers had to an Achilles Heel, and this was WITHOUT Albert Haynesworth. I really see no reason why this won’t happen again. The same units are lining up for the Titans on both sides, and I doubt your Offensive Line has improved enough to keep Big Ben upright.

2) Improved Offense: We were able to put up 31 points with our offense last year, and our offense this year is drastically improved. While I do not think we will get 31 points again, I could see us reaching 24 points with our improved weapons, and I don’t think your offense can put up that many on our defense.

3) Special Teams: The Titans almost always win the special teams battle, and I feel the Steelers always are below average on special teams themselves. In a game with two teams as close as these two are, special teams always seems to play a role. I give that edge to the Titans.

4) Terrible Towels Crush it, LenDale. Crush it.

You disagree with any of this, Steelers Today?

His response back to me and my well thought out and brilliant points though, was this: (more…)

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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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