All-22 for 22: Derrick Henry's 2018 season

[Number9]

6 hours ago, Soxcat said:

A real good running game helps any QB so it is as important as the passing game.  They feed off each other and a balanced offense is going to be far more efficient compared to one that is one dimensional. 

Remember Fisher one year when Eddie started slow, he vowed over and over they were going to fix the run game.  The difference with those teams was Steve being a magician at converting 3rd downs.  Steve would always be at the top of 3rd down conversions league wide.  

 

This year, the Titans need to concentrate on fixing the short passing game.  Run Henry, who is going to break a big run somewhere and dial up a few deep balls.  Ten wins is possible, but they won't blow anybody out.

[pat]

12 hours ago, nine said:

 

Here's another interesting point:

 

Of the All-22 videos I posted for Henry, the two most-watched videos were weeks 1 & 2....two of Henry's worst games of the entire season.  These two videos account for almost as many views as the rest of the videos combined.    (Henry's record-setting Tecmo-Bowl performance against the Jags was a rather distant #3.)

 

A few weeks back, I also posted a series of All-22 videos showing every one of Mariota's sacks in 2018.     Of the videos I posted, the two most-watched by far were the one that included the 11-sack Ravens debacle and the video of weeks 11-12 where Mariota was sacked 10 times against the Colts and Texans.

 

Fans say they want players do well....but when reviewing and assessing player performance,  most of them look only at the very worst performances of the season.

 

And we wonder why there's so much negativity about these guys.

 

Or maybe people watched the first two links that were posted, got tired, and stopped watching the rest.

[pat]

Keep posting @nine but don't dwell on the views that weren't there.  Odds are people just ran out of attention.

[nine]

8 hours ago, patsplat said:

Keep posting @nine but don't dwell on the views that weren't there.  Odds are people just ran out of attention.

 

Ehhh...i don’t care about the overall views;  I guess I just expected a bit more interest in the X’s-and-O’s aspects of the  game...reviewing and dissecting what made plays work and where breakdowns occurred.

[NewsToTom]

3 hours ago, nine said:

 

Ehhh...i don’t care about the overall views;  I guess I just expected a bit more interest in the X’s-and-O’s aspects of the  game...reviewing and dissecting what made plays work and where breakdowns occurred.

Yeah, no, that doesn't happen.

[Huston]

3 minutes ago, NewsToTom said:

Yeah, no, that doesn't happen.

Fantasy football articles carry more weight around here.

[pat]

Here's my analysis: we started the year building around Mariota, Lewis, and the passing game.  It all fell apart.

 

Titans gave up on that plan, and are now building around defense and Henry.

[BudsOilers]

IDK.  I watched some of them but not every single game.  You definitely can see an improvement in run blocking as the year went on but there's also no question that Henry was also more patient, decisive, and violent once he got it going.  Most people seemed to be in a agreement with this, unlike the passing game struggles about how much was OL, receivers, or QB.

 

I'd also point out that people see different things.  I watched the 3rd down and sack videos and actually came away more frustrated with Mariota (footwork/dropback and let it go) whereas others had different takes - OL, play calling, receivers. 

 

I'd like to see a similar one for Lewis plays. 

[Number9]

3 hours ago, BudAdams said:

IDK.  I watched some of them but not every single game.  You definitely can see an improvement in run blocking as the year went on but there's also no question that Henry was also more patient, decisive, and violent once he got it going.  

Henry has had it pretty easy.  In HS and @bama he wasn't critiqued as much about finishing short runs because he put up so many yards.  He's also tall.  He uses the hell out of his height with that stiff arm of his.  He's been violent, but in short yardage he was toppling over.  Eddie was a N-S runner and had to grind out yards.  But Eddie was never smooth and fast like Henry in space.  Henry with a new trick is a bad mofo.

[JCBRAVE]

5 hours ago, patsplat said:

Here's my analysis: we started the year building around Mariota, Lewis, and the passing game.  It all fell apart.

 

Titans gave up on that plan, and are now building around defense and Henry.

Nah this team seems to forever be a run first and play defense kind of team. You can tell by what we do 3/4 of the game every week. 

 

But I'd say that's also true of MOST football teams. Play defense and give your QB a good RB. Football 101

[nine]

12 hours ago, BudAdams said:

I'd like to see a similar one for Lewis plays. 

I plan on doing a Lewis review when I get some time.

 

I suspect the OL play will be pretty similar to the Henry videos in terms of breakdowns and hits in the backfield...but where Henry has the size/strength to power through tackles for 3-4 yards after contact, Lewis relies more on quickness and agility.   He can bounce off tacklers...but if a guy wraps him up, he’s done.  

 

It’ll be interesting to see whether the tape backs this up or if it changes my opinion.

 

 I also recall an analyst (Greg Cosell, maybe?)  mentioning that Lewis became somewhat predictable in terms of his cutbacks.    Once defenses realized this and started defending those cutback lanes, his production and effectiveness  dropped off a cliff.  

[IsntLifeFunny]

I’ve already done a full season of Lewis. I thought I posted it? Oh well, here you go:

 

 

[IsntLifeFunny]

And here’s the air view for those who want an in-depth look:

 

 

[ManningEnvy]

7 minutes ago, IsntLifeFunny said:

And here’s the air view for those who want an in-depth look:

 

 

Hey Touched The Tard, Sarah wants to know if you blame your birth mother for your fucked up head/life?

[IsntLifeFunny]

So predictable.