Game Thread: Week 7 Titans vs Patriots

[Justafan]

My summary:

This team laid down. Fans should have some concern about Ward already. Vrabel got his revenge. Mike. McCoy didn’t have any magic answers - schemed drive did look good. This fan base is pathetic. No bright spots outside of a few young players and a few splash plays from Ward. 
 

 

[Alcibiades]

Except for the fumble (damn small hands!), Ward isn't the reason we lost this game. The defense is. They were god awful, especially once Simmons went out. Sneed is a joke. We were run ALL over in the first half. Just terrible defense all game long. 

[oldschool]

1 hour ago, Justafan said:

My summary:

This team laid down. Fans should have some concern about Ward already. Vrabel got his revenge. Mike. McCoy didn’t have any magic answers - schemed drive did look good. This fan base is pathetic. No bright spots outside of a few young players and a few splash plays from Ward. 
 

 

 

They didn't lay down.  They simply aren't good enough to overcome the end of half>start of the 3rd quarter where they gave up a bad TD in the 2 min drill, gave up a TD on the opening drive of the 2nd half and then the ward fumble return for a TD. In 9 mins of game time they went from being up 13-10 to down 31-13. 

 

As for Ward he was excellent in the 1st half but when he finally got the ball in the 2nd they were down 11 and then the disastrous fumble return for a TD. Now hes down 18 and they have to throw the rest of the game which exposes everything else. 

 

In the end the roster is terrible due to 5 years of poor drafting and FA targets. Throw in a bad hire in callahan 2 years ago and its a recipe for this shit show we get to watch every Sunday. 

Edited October 20, 2025 by oldschool

[oldschool]

I agree with this. Aside from the fumble and a few off target throws due to footwork, yesterday was progress for Ward.

 

 

[TeamRamrod]

 

[TerryBoats]

2 minutes ago, TeamRamrod said:

 

Were there any drops yesterday?

[TerryBoats]

As far as throwing the ball is concerned, there's far more good than bad.  It's just occasional lapses in accuracy, which should be fixed with more technique work and as the game slows down for him.  He's flashed exceptional ball placement, while the INTs are from deflections at the LOS and by the receivers, not from overlooking creeping LBs/S or poor decisions (other than one).   I think with his varied arm angles, he'll be better at avoiding the tips once he's processing things more quickly.  

 

 

Dropping the ball is a more unique, worrisome issue. @AussieTitanFan08 is enjoying his victory laps, while I was satisfied by the low # in his final year and thought that a better OL would largely mitigate this issue .  His hand size is the same as Joe Burrow and Jared Goff, so maybe were jumping at conclusions that it's always going to be an issue for him.

[Jamalisms]

13 hours ago, Mythos27 said:

Yup. People who feel powerless love to feel proximity to power. 

 

Current state of American politics defined

[Jamalisms]

The Titans fan cope as the team is worse than ever and the Patriots look good under Vrabel and he suffers from few to zero of the most persistent narratives is ... something.

 

Pretty close to eating our own faces.

[Justafan]

51 minutes ago, oldschool said:

 

They didn't lay down.  They simply aren't good enough to overcome the end of half>start the 3rd quarter where they have up a bad TD in the 2 min drill, gave up a TD on the opening drive of the 2nd half and then the ward fumble return for a TD. In 9 mins of game time they went from being up 13-10 to down 31-13. 

 

As for Ward he was excellent in the 1st half but when he finally got the ball in the 2nd they were down 11 and then the disastrous fumble return for a TD. Now hes down 18 and they have to throw the rest of the game which exposes everything else. 

 

In the end the roster is terrible due to 5 years of poor drafting and FA targets. Throw in a bad hire in callahan 2 years ago and its a recipe for this shit show we get to watch every Sunday. 

Okay, fair, maybe they made egregious mental errors is better wording than they layed down. 

[TeamRamrod]

21 minutes ago, Jamalisms said:

The Titans fan cope as the team is worse than ever and the Patriots look good under Vrabel and he suffers from few to zero of the most persistent narratives is ... something.

 

Pretty close to eating our own faces.

Where’s the cope? With Ward? If that, I think it’s more pushing back on the narrative that he’s already a bust lol

[TeamRamrod]

 

[oldschool]

1 hour ago, TeamRamrod said:

 

 

yup. and the sequence of events that took them from up 3 to down 18 meant they couldn't really use PA the rest of the game. when bad teams with protection issues and a lack of weapons get down double digits, they get exposed. I don't really care how Ward looked in the 2nd half aside from the dumb fumble.

Edited October 20, 2025 by oldschool

[prine06]

1 hour ago, TerryBoats said:

Were there any drops yesterday?

I think only one from Ayo.

[Jamalisms]

12 minutes ago, TeamRamrod said:

Where’s the cope?

 

That's how I'm interpreting all the rationalizations of how Vrabel could have possibly gotten the Patriots so good so fast.

 

The schedule, the schedule! His asshole personality will rear it's head, just you wait! He got lucky with Maye! Lucky he has a real OC this time!  Everyone else still just doesn't understand what happened in Tennessee but they can't be expected to! The schedule!