Popular Post OILERMAN Posted May 15 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 15 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lingering-questions-part-1-the-titans-offensive/id1528622068?i=1000708555744 The Titans talk is at the very start. This is a great listen. These guys go back and review the 2024 offense to see what kind of offensive scheme Ward will be going to and analyze the 2024 offensive problems. Long story short they were pleasantly surprised how optimistic they were and the 2024 problems were almost all on the talent(QB and OL mainly). Paraphrasing First of all the Titans lost the most EPA on aborted plays(dropped snaps type), offensive penalties and turnovers. If they were only half as bad their offense would have been in the middle of the pack/mediocre. They point out penalties are a year to year thing, lack of talent and not connected to coaching. Will Levis is horrid. He has "anti-pocket presence". When he had protection he'd do poorly and when he was pressured he was a total disaster. Refused to check down and incapable to making plays when things go poorly(opposite of Ward). Rudolph had a higher floor but turned the ball over and when he was pressured he would check down or throw it away right away. He had a 4.2 yards per play on playaction(pitiful). The OL was equally as bad. Even with Levis having terrible pocket presence the bigger problem was he was pressured right away. The Titans were bad anyway but they were also injured. Their highest graded starting 5 played together among the least amount in the league. Latham had problems transitioning to LT in pass pro. They gushed about Latham's run blocking. The right side was a disaster. They pointed out even on well called screens when the OL would get a number advantage multiple OL would usually miss blocks. They believe the OL will be much more functional. The WRs got no separation. Boyd and NWI couldn't get any. Don't fret over losing NWI. Ridley was good but can't play the X spot, which is why they signed Jefferson and used the draft. WRs could still be a problem, they signed journeymen and took later round WRs. They praised the design of the run game, the perimeter and their run game from shotgun. They said the design of the playaction passing game was good and said Callahan did a good job adjusting(trying to) to the problems the offense had. I 100% believe Nihill and Brinker are way higher on Callahan than the fans. Every time I hear Callahan talk I'm more impressed than I expect to be. I think he's about totally blameless with the offensive struggles last year and Ward is in very good hands. IsntLifeFunny, Downtown, freakingeek, and 24 others 16 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OILERMAN Posted May 15 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted May 15 BTW, going into the season last year with Levis as the unquestioned starter was total ineptitude. Just laughable they thought he had any chance of being a quality starter. They should have drafted someone and had an open battle in camp. Levis would have easily been beaten out. smokeater, begooode, DCTitan, and 4 others 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Starkiller Posted May 15 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 15 6 minutes ago, OILERMAN said: BTW, going into the season last year with Levis as the unquestioned starter was total ineptitude. Just laughable they thought he had any chance of being a quality starter. They should have drafted someone and had an open battle in camp. Levis would have easily been beaten out. He got us Ward, so it was brilliant strategy! TheChosenTitan, Pragidealist, begooode, and 10 others 11 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callidus Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 Just now, Starkiller said: He got us Ward, so it was brilliant strategy! He even had to dust levis off to make it happen lol. Pragidealist, CreepingDeath, tgo, and 1 other 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted May 15 Author Report Share Posted May 15 I thought about giving them credit for tanking with Levis but they fell in love with Ward long after the season BTW, keep in mind Radio Ran still thinks Levis can be a good QB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgo Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 8 minutes ago, Callidus said: He even had to dust levis off to make it happen lol. IsntLifeFunny, and Callidus 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudsOilers Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 2 hours ago, Starkiller said: He got us Ward, so it was brilliant strategy! Of course, that wasn't the strategy and pure luck they were in position to pick the top QB in the draft. Carthon legitimately thought Levis was a solution. OILERMAN 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callidus Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 7 minutes ago, BudsOilers said: Of course, that wasn't the strategy and pure luck they were in position to pick the top QB in the draft. Carthon legitimately thought Levis was a solution. Maybe being fired was his goal so wasting a 2nd and 2 3rds as well not taking the rams deal was his way of forcing amys hand. When that didnt work he took that nap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
japan Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 3 hours ago, OILERMAN said: I thought about giving them credit for tanking with Levis but they fell in love with Ward long after the season BTW, keep in mind Radio Ran still thinks Levis can be a good QB. And Radio still likes Sanders over Ward... OILERMAN 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepingTitan Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 37 minutes ago, BudsOilers said: Of course, that wasn't the strategy and pure luck they were in position to pick the top QB in the draft. Carthon legitimately thought Levis was a solution. I'd rather be lucky than good. I hope this team is finally moving into the realm that they don't get sold down the river anymore. We always get clowned by players who come here to take a rest year (or die). Ranio got fucking sold to AAS. I'm sure they loved the guy and thought he deserved a bump, but the league circles had to know he wasn't ready or capable. Everybody gets sold by someone eventually, but this goddamn team seems to be duped frequently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scine09 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 In listening to this my biggest takeaway is Rudolph was worse than I thought in just watching him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 3 hours ago, OILERMAN said: BTW, going into the season last year with Levis as the unquestioned starter was total ineptitude. Just laughable they thought he had any chance of being a quality starter. They should have drafted someone and had an open battle in camp. Levis would have easily been beaten out. It makes me wonder how much of the offense we saw last year was the offense Callahan actually wanted to run. DCTitan, and Mythos27 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 1 minute ago, scine09 said: In listening to this my biggest takeaway is Rudolph was worse than I thought in just watching him. The only thing he really did well was to get rid of the ball quickly where Levis held It way too long Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragidealist Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 Just now, NashvilleNinja said: It makes me wonder how much of the offense we saw last year was the offense Callahan actually wanted to run. The way he talks- Callahan is adaptable. But there are times- it doesn't matter how adaptable you are... the horses wont' race. NashvilleNinja, and Omar 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scine09 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 Just now, Starkiller said: The only thing he really did well was to get rid of the ball quickly where Levis held It way too long It looked like he was better probably because of that. The sacks noticeably dropped when he played and the line looked like it played better because Rudolph did a better job in the pocket. That could've been because he wasn't patient enough to wait for anything. They made him out to be captain checkdown. begooode, and Starkiller 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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