Face Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Depressing when the most positive part of a review is that we have a player who looks like a tax ducking criminal. That said... and we're all fans here, myself included, so don't take this the wrong way... fan observations at practices are far less authoritative than reporter observations, which are only slightly less authoritative than a stale fart in a mitten. Preseason rocks because football is back and we all have something real to talk (see: guess) about... but it's preseason. Very true. You really have to know football & understand what a teams trying to accomplish in specific drills to property gauge a practice. There's plenty of drills where one position is at a clear disadvantage to their counterpart. The other thing is that almost every fan sees things through either a positive or negative lense, and this board is a great example of that. You have those fans that jump on every fluff piece like it's gospel & then others who almost seem happy when some random guy like Evan Silva says we're the worst team in the league. This guy could've just been the latter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 I think we can agree from differing reports Cambpell totally sucks and also that Hunter sounds vastly improved in year two. I'm not sure we can really gather much else concrete Locker sounds inconsistent(what's new) but reports are all over the place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 I think we can agree from differing reports Cambpell totally sucks and also that Hunter sounds vastly improved in year two. I'm not sure we can really gather much else concrete Locker sounds inconsistent(what's new) but reports are all over the place. Yeah corners are pretty easy to figure out, when one guy is just getting scorched in every scrimmage & drill it's pretty obvious. As for Hunter, it's huge. Outside of Locker, in my opinion, the most important players on the team are Hunter & Morgan. Obviously there's better players, like Casey, but we know he's a beast. The above 2 playing well are critical. I also think another DL stepping up next to Casey, Martin has the best chance in my opinion, is the other key. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcibiades Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 I think it's especially hard to judge QBs in TC practices. They take chances they might not take in real games, and they can't get hit, so sometimes they make good plays that wouldn't be possible in games, too. This means that both good and bad plays might not translate to the field in a real game situation. The preseason games are a better indicator, but again, they don't count. In my opinion, the only real thing we can glean about our QBs right now is that they need to work on their mechanics and make sure their passes aren't wobbly. I'm not overly worried about INTs in practice, since the QBs might force it or be trying something to see if it would work. But a duck is a duck, and I don't like to hear about those, even in practice. Now, the WRs and RBs and such? That's different. Same with worries about our interior OL. All of those things translate to a real game. Hard to know how much effort an OL is giving on plays in practice, but it's disconcerting to hear that our interior OL is collapsing. It could be that our front 7 on defense is much improved, which would be fantastic if true. But it could be that our interior OL is still struggling, which is not good at all. It's still quite early in preseason, though, so I won't freak out either way. For now, I'm happy to hear that Hunter looks like the dominant player we all know he can be. If we could finally get a a true #1 WR, it would make a huge difference to our offense, regardless of our QB. Sankey will be good...that's a given, IMO. But our QBs, average as they may be (or worse), could still play well if our WRs and TEs can really step up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctm Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 One week down, 5 to go. Titans have a lot of work to do in order to play as offensive and defensive units. It's going to be tough to get off to a fast start, IMO. Two other observations: Good news--no injuries Bad news--kicker is a potential problem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcibiades Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Oh? I haven't seen anything about our STs, really. Have you been at practice, ctm? What are you seeing with our kicker? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctm Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Between the end of offensive drives in team period and additional kicks in full team work, Travis Coons hit from 41, 39, 42 and 47 yards and missed left from 49. Maikon Bonani made from 33, 39 and 47, pulling a kick from 43 badly left and also missing slightly left from 42. It’s early to panic, but it was not a great kicking evening. http://espn.go.com/blog/tennessee-titans/post/_/id/8171/titans-camp-report-day-8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Yeah, Bironas was slipping but I'm not sure they are better off trying to discover someone than if they'd just tried to stop gap with some old timer parallel to Bironas. Even so, I welcome the experiment... until they suck and I decide the experiment failed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Couple things to keep in mind: Locker usually sucks in TC and preseason and then had a decent start last year. And Bironas was 4-7 in his first preseason with us, and that's after kicking in the league and arena before. Takes time for young kickers to develop real accuracy usually. No need to panic about these things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
helimachoptor Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Yeah kicker looks like it's going to be an issue, PK said that bironas won't be brought back, any idea why? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcibiades Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 I think they probably got rid of Bironas at about the right time. He was slipping a bit. Also, he was expensive, so they are taking a chance. I hope it pays off. If not, there are others that could be brought in, and some other teams will cut kickers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Because he doesn't have much left and has a worsening chronic back problem I imagine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzyeddie Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 For now, I'm happy to hear that Hunter looks like the dominant player we all know he can be. If we could finally get a a true #1 WR, it would make a huge difference to our offense, regardless of our QB. Sankey will be good...that's a given, IMO. But our QBs, average as they may be (or worse), could still play well if our WRs and TEs can really step up. Way too much emphasis put on the QB play..I think both Jake and Charlie will benefit from high quality players around them. If Wright, Hunter and Sankey become true playmakers then our QB's just need to manage the game and make a few plays here and there. That is the way this team will win if they do manage to win. It wont be by stellar QB play..at least not to start the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 I remember when Vinny Testaverde was on the Jets & Chad Pennington was in his first years & Penny just couldn't beat him out, the reporters said Testaverde was the type of guy would beat out just about anybody in camp because of his experience & big arm, because he couldn't get hit he'd look awesome in practice. Then he got hurt against the Jags & Penny was a 1000x better in game, it wasn't even close. I also remember the Titan reporters saying how NOD's passes literally never hit the ground unless dropped. The camp scenario favors the veterans. As far as the OL I'm not worried, Lewan is playing out of position, especially for a guy who's 6'8, as a rookie & he's blocking Casey. It's also harder for the OL of there's no pads, which may not have been the case in this particular practice though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Until the OL finally doesn't suck again, I'm perpetually worried. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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