Week 8 GDT: Colts(3-3) @ Titans(3-4) 10/28 1PM EST.

[prozac77]

Titans win 24-13

Defense has their best showing yet with McCarthy returning. Derrick Morgan and Wimbley BOTH register a sack. Griffin gets a pick. CJ goes for over 100 and so does Cook.

[ttitansfan4life]

[KingTitan]

[Mac 9 for LiFE]

[ttitansfan4life]

Well it looks like Otto will be starting at LT and Roos will be out. Otto looked good in preseason but I'm still a little worried especially the way how our running game has been improving and Hasselbeck likes to get sacked alot.
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Props to "Joe is the Best"

[titansNvolsR#1]

[justing101]

Is it just me or has Quinn Johnson really improved since last year?
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[lamont]

[ttitansfan4life]

[ttitansfan4life]

[TitanSS]

[ThatTitansFan]

Any update on Roos? They said he was day to day, but I haven't heard anything after that. Did he practice at all? Or even work with the trainers? Or was he out completely this week?
Anyways, I'm comfortable with Otto, and this is honestly a good week to have it happen. Freeney is still hobbled a bit by his ankle and Mathis might be back, but even if he is, he'll be hobbled too. And Jerry Hughes sucks.
Best it happened this week, than against the Bears or last week against the Bills. Mario may not be playing fantastic, but I still wouldn't trust Otto against him. Otto seems more like a quick Tackle than a strong one, and I think Mario would have bull rushed him all day long. Freeney is not so good at that, especially with a bum ankle.

Anyways, I'm laying 100 on the Titans to win. We know better than any team what you have to do to stop Reggie Wayne, and the Colts definitely do not have the ability to ground and pound us. If we're going to get the Dline really going, this is the game to do it (although Luck has great feel for pressure). If McCarthy's back, I can't see the Colts putting up more than 20 on us, and as long as Fossilbeck doesn't have a stinker, I can't see us putting up less than 20. Antonio Johnson (anyone remember Mookie?) is rated as one of the worst NTs in the NFL (he really shouldn't be NT in a 3-4) and we should have a field day running up the middle.

Here's to 4-4 and getting into the playoff picture. Beating the Bears will be a big, big challenge, but after that the schedule softens up a lot.

PS: Does anyone but me think a lot of our defensive problems are on McCarthy and Casey being injured? Both of them were absolutely beastly in the pre-season, and then Casey gets an ankle injury that, while not keeping him out, appears to have limited his explosiveness a lot, and McCarthy is in and out of the lineup. Thinking about the Jerry Gray system- 2 deep safety zone coverage (like a Tampa 2) depends on a good MLB to drop and cover the middle. With Witherspoon in there instead of McCarthy, that becomes a lot harder. Similarly, it relies on rushing only four. If Casey was healthy and in preseason form, we'd have a lot more coming up the middle. Right now he's been fairly invisible in the passrush, but still pretty excellent as a space eater. I think that ankle injury has been limiting his ability to get a quick push off and drive back defenders.

Anyways, I think those two are the most talented players on the defense, and the keys to the defense as well. One of them being limited or out would definitely hurt, and with both of them injured, it really hurts our system. I'm predicting that post-bye week we have a top 15 defense.

[lamont]

[ttitansfan4life]

Locker, Roos, Bailey, and Campbell should all be back next week or at least I hope.
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