Face Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 "Awful mechanics" is a fairly subjective way to put it. How can his mechanics be "awful" if his accuracy is so spot on? His mechanics may not be ideal or prototypical, whatever that means, but if they're helping him get the job done so what? That's the point, we were saying we think mechanics are overrated & accuracy is an innate ability Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsntLifeFunny Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 "Awful mechanics" is a fairly subjective way to put it. How can his mechanics be "awful" if his accuracy is so spot on? His mechanics may not be ideal or prototypical, whatever that means, but if they're helping him get the job done so what? In the context of prototypical pocket passers (ppp :)his mechanics are off on a majority of his throws. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justafan Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 I guess if you think about it he run blocked very well in both games, pass blocked pretty good in the 1st & horrifically in the 2nd. Overall it's not bad for a rookie. He's very promising run blocking. We're opening holes way, way better than we did last year & I think he's the biggest reason. If he can improve in the passing game to average we'll have something. More like he wasn't really challenged in the first game. Doesn't mean he blocked well so much as Tampa did a very poor job of exploiting the obvious weak spot on our line. The Browns did not make the same mistake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 More like he wasn't really challenged in the first game. Doesn't mean he blocked well so much as Tampa did a very poor job of exploiting the obvious weak spot on our line. The Browns did not make the same mistake. also, I suspect that a 3-4 OLB blitzing wide is a tougher matchup for him than most 4-3 DEs. The smaller and quicker and wider-lined-up a guy is the more trouble I'd expect Poutasi to have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE75 Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 speaking of all-22, whatever happened to those game analysis blog posts that @Superhorn used to do for MCM? I havn't seen anything from him posted over there. Does he still do them? I quite enjoyed those. http://www.musiccitymiracles.com/2015/9/25/9395925/titans-browns-film-review-a-tale-of-turnovers-and-back-breakers?utm_campaign=musiccitymiracles&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 More like he wasn't really challenged in the first game. Doesn't mean he blocked well so much as Tampa did a very poor job of exploiting the obvious weak spot on our line. The Browns did not make the same mistake. Could be. Could also be he just had a bad game. We'll see going forward. As Titans fans I think we're conditioned to assume the good games are the outliers as opposed to the bad ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aramis Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 I wrote about Mariota last week. Nothing this week. May try to get up a post tonight. Thanks for the reply, look forward to reading some of your stuff this season. Thanks @MIKE75 for linking the article. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stranger Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 http://www.musiccitymiracles.com/2015/9/25/9395925/titans-browns-film-review-a-tale-of-turnovers-and-back-breakers?utm_campaign=musiccitymiracles&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter Is that DGB still set after the ball has already been snapped? I wonder which play this was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aramis Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Is that DGB still set after the ball has already been snapped? I wonder which play this was. Man after reading Superhorn's article, I'm absolutely pissed about last week's game. We shot ourselves in the foot so early and often, we really gifted that game to the Browns. I mean, not taking anything away from their defense, but when we weren't turning it over, committing stupid penalties and MM had a clean pocket, we moved on them at will in the second half. The first Benjamin TD is fucking embarrassing to watch (I missed it live). The fact that we re-upped with Michael Griffin is a crime. Also what's the verdict on Searcy? Is he supposed to be more of a in-the-box safety ala Polamalu in Lebeau's defense here? Is he looking like another FA bust on Webster's resume? @Superhorn @OILERMAN Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Is that DGB still set after the ball has already been snapped? I wonder which play this was. must have been pretty early. There were still fans in the seats... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhorn Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Man after reading Superhorn's article, I'm absolutely pissed about last week's game. We shot ourselves in the foot so early and often, we really gifted that game to the Browns. I mean, not taking anything away from their defense, but when we weren't turning it over, committing stupid penalties and MM had a clean pocket, we moved on them at will in the second half. The first Benjamin TD is fucking embarrassing to watch (I missed it live). The fact that we re-upped with Michael Griffin is a crime. Also what's the verdict on Searcy? Is he supposed to be more of a in-the-box safety ala Polamalu in Lebeau's defense here? Is he looking like another FA bust on Webster's resume? @Superhorn @OILERMAN Haven't studied Searcy in detail, but he hasn't really jumped out at me one way or the other either. In general, I thought he was a good addition, and I liked the way he played in Buffalo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aramis Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Haven't studied Searcy in detail, but he hasn't really jumped out at me one way or the other either. In general, I thought he was a good addition, and I liked the way he played in Buffalo. I agree - was happy with his signing, but haven't really noticed him either. Can't tell if that's a good or bad thing, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Haven't studied Searcy in detail, but he hasn't really jumped out at me one way or the other either. In general, I thought he was a good addition, and I liked the way he played in Buffalo. I read your write up, good stuff. I agree especially with McCluster & was planning on posting something similar. I actually liked how he looked in the preseason & I wanted him cut before then. He looks like a flat out good RB right now, not just a 3rd down guy. He's absolutely earned 10 carries or so, we haven't seen a RB produce like that since '09 CJ. He's had a ho hum career & it's easy to forget how dynamic he was in college. Similar to Dion Lewis in NE right now, it seems like some of these little guys just aren't given much of a chance to be more than a role player for a few years. Sproles was the same way, Danny Woodhead, etc. I'd love to see him become a guy who can carry it 8-10 times in traditional role as well as being the 3rd down back. Then again this will also annoy me even more that we picked Sankey, who was supposed to do these things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhorn Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 I read your write up, good stuff. I agree especially with McCluster & was planning on posting something similar. I actually liked how he looked in the preseason & I wanted him cut before then. He looks like a flat out good RB right now, not just a 3rd down guy. He's absolutely earned 10 carries or so, we haven't seen a RB produce like that since '09 CJ. He's had a ho hum career & it's easy to forget how dynamic he was in college. Similar to Dion Lewis in NE right now, it seems like some of these little guys just aren't given much of a chance to be more than a role player for a few years. Sproles was the same way, Danny Woodhead, etc. I'd love to see him become a guy who can carry it 8-10 times in traditional role as well as being the 3rd down back. Then again this will also annoy me even more that we picked Sankey, who was supposed to do these things. Yup. You look at his top 11 games in terms of attempts (I used 11 because he had 11 games with 8 or more carries), and he's averaging 5.23 YPC. Doesn't tell us much because volume is still low, but as volume has gone up so has productivity. He's not a long term solution in my mind. But, as I noted in the post, it's worth giving him more volume until he shows you why you shouldn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Yup. You look at his top 11 games in terms of attempts (I used 11 because he had 11 games with 8 or more carries), and he's averaging 5.23 YPC. Doesn't tell us much because volume is still low, but as volume has gone up so has productivity. He's not a long term solution in my mind. But, as I noted in the post, it's worth giving him more volume until he shows you why you shouldn't. That's exactly what Id do, keep giving it to him until he shows he can't do it. Tell ya, Id love to see Spain fix his hand use because I think he has major potential as a road grader. I really think this OL has the potential to be a big time run blocking unit the next few years. I didn't think Poutasi could run block like he has. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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