Game Thread: Week 7 Titans vs Patriots

[NashvilleNinja]

8 minutes ago, japan said:

Dike > Elic

 

People have routinely said Dike could have been taken later, but he's making where he was drafted in relation to Ayomanor make sense more and more every game. You still have hopes for Ayomanor too because he's flashed, but he doesn't have the ability to burn a db like Dike.

[Mythos27]

Just now, oldschool said:

 

Not sure what the issue here is. no one is saying the offense is now on par with the 99 Rams. But its flat out wrong to claim the offense didn't look better with the changes they made this week. Once they were down 18 halfway through the 3rd, the game plans goes out the window and now they have to pass which exposes the OL and lack of weapons. Normal shit.... This woe is me the roster is so bad we can't be honest about the incremental and positives from the game or worse, acting like the Pats figured it out and shut them down because the talent is bad is just plain wrong. Two things can be true; 1. The roster sucks and gets exposed especially when down big 2. the tweaks made led to improvement for the offense and the QB

 

 

It's not woe is me. It's stop coping and holding on to phantom improvement that isn't really happening. Any improvement that is even possible is likely weeks away. It's stop looking for other people to blame. In the game thread yesterday people already decided that McCoy is terrible because of that decision not to be more aggressive (I disagreed with the decision btw). Some are saying Cam is suddenly not ready to play, Whispers about firing Brinker have started. It's annoying. We're not going to fire our way out of this. 

[cenj]

In regards to Dike and Ayomanor, we don't want to expect those guys to become the future #1 and #2 WRs next year and then feel we are good at WR. This team should keep drafting WRs in the middle rounds that they can develop into competent players.

 

That is what takes time when building a roster. Borgonzi will need to consistently bring in talent who can be developed. If we have good young players in place, then the rookies won't be pushed into starting roles. They can take their time, learn the playbook, carve out smaller roles while developing. Do that year over year, and you have a real NFL roster where guys can step up and the offense can remain productive, and you can allow good players (but not stars) to leave without overpaying.

 

We have a dearth of talent right now that needs both better starters, but also better depth. Next year will be better.

[NashvilleNinja]

4 minutes ago, ChesterCopperpot1 said:

The media landscape here has never been good, but it is the worst it has ever been. It is going to take sponsors pulling ads and ratings being even worse than what they are now to effect change. 

 

I am not asking for the media to be sunshine pumpers. We know the team stinks and we know the team has problems. 

 

What we are asking for is for you to stop trolling us and the team and to quit trying to cosplay as a hot take artist. You're not Stephen A. You're now Cowherd. You're not Bayless. You're never going to be those guys, so quit acting like it. 

 

The way they and their faithful cucked out for Vrabel last week was pathetic.

[TerryBoats]

Seeing how comically incompetent the Titans have been both before and after he arrived, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Jon Robinson get another chance somewhere - which  GMs rarely do.

[NashvilleNinja]

9 minutes ago, Mythos27 said:

We're not going to fire our way out of this. 

 

The thirst for blood is a difficult urge to satisfy.

[oldschool]

14 minutes ago, Mythos27 said:

It's not woe is me. It's stop coping and holding on to phantom improvement that isn't really happening. Any improvement that is even possible is likely weeks away. It's stop looking for other people to blame. In the game thread yesterday people already decided that McCoy is terrible because of that decision not to be more aggressive (I disagreed with the decision btw). Some are saying Cam is suddenly not ready to play, Whispers about firing Brinker have started. It's annoying. We're not going to fire our way out of this. 

 

Bullshit. The offense was clearly better in the 1st half when the game was in balance and only fell off once they were down big which is where the roster issues become glaring. If you can't admit the offense looked better in the 1st half not sure what to say. its just a bad take, a rarity for you. 

[IsntLifeFunny]

22 minutes ago, Mythos27 said:

They scored 13 points. They got blown out. The fans were chanting the name of the coach we fired 3 years ago. They've looked decent for other stretches of time throughout this season and even last season; that means little. We haven't turned any corners. Just by the nature of the NFL we might even win a game or two. The worst coach of all time in Callahan managed to win one this year and 4 last year so it's possible but it means NOTHING. Having some nice stretches and even a win or two means next to nothing. This team has no meaning outside of watching the young players develop and getting ready for the draft. 

What has meaning is developing Ward. He looked night and day in that first half running the base offense against a real defense and not prevent like we saw against the Cardinals. I'm not sure why you're dismissing that so easily. 

[Callidus]

16 minutes ago, oldschool said:

 

Not sure what the issue here is. no one is saying the offense is now on par with the 99 Rams. But its flat out wrong to claim the offense didn't look better with the changes they made this week. Once they were down 18 halfway through the 3rd, the game plans goes out the window and now they have to pass which exposes the OL and lack of weapons. Normal shit.... This woe is me the roster is so bad we can't be honest about the incremental and positives from the game or worse, acting like the Pats figured it out and shut them down because the talent is bad is just plain wrong. Two things can be true; 1. The roster sucks and gets exposed especially when down big 2. the tweaks made led to improvement for the offense and the QB

 

 

The offense was encouraging and concerning to me this week. Clearly they jad a better script this week. They did everything that worked in the past and even got some other things like screens to work. 

 

The concerning part is once they ran out of script, the offense turned into dog shit again. Idk if Bo just has no idea how to actually make these pieces work, if once teams adjust they have non response, or if there isnsome underlying thing killing this offense. 

 

Clearly they can move the ball even with the entire skill group outside rb being rookies, and it seems like McCoy knows how to make an opening game plan. Will this expand in coming weeks with more time to tailor things to his liking? We will see, i expect some more progress but idk if they will ever get over what ever the hump is that they keep crashing into. This year that is. 

[ChesterCopperpot1]

5 minutes ago, TerryBoats said:

Seeing how comically incompetent the Titans have been both before and after he arrived, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Jon Robinson get another chance somewhere - which  GMs rarely do.

If he was going to get another shot I think he would have already been hired. He had some brutally bad drafts down the stretch...

[oldschool]

1 minute ago, Callidus said:

The offense was encouraging and concerning to me this week. Clearly they jad a better script this week. They did everything that worked in the past and even got some other things like screens to work. 

 

The concerning part is once they ran out of script, the offense turned into dog shit again. Idk if Bo just has no idea how to actually make these pieces work, if once teams adjust they have non response, or if there isnsome underlying thing killing this offense. 

 

Clearly they can move the ball even with the entire skill group outside rb being rookies, and it seems like McCoy knows how to make an opening game plan. Will this expand in coming weeks with more time to tailor things to his liking? We will see, i expect some more progress but idk if they will ever get over what ever the hump is that they keep crashing into. This year that is. 

 

again, the offense moved the ball consistently on their firs 4 drives, Ward had his best half of the year and they scored 13 points in the 1st half which was just .8 off their game average in 2025. I don't fault the offense for sucking the rest of the game once they were down 18 in 3rd quarter. That means the pats D didn't have to respect the run or Play action and could tee off on Ward which like I said, exposes the main weaknesses of the OFF roster, OL and weapons. 

 

Do I expect the offense to drop 21 points in the 1st half next week against the colts and become a top 15 unit the rest of the year? of course not but for a hald when the full playbook was available to them, they looked better. Why we can't admit that is beyond me...

[TerryBoats]

2 minutes ago, ChesterCopperpot1 said:

If he was going to get another shot I think he would have already been hired. He had some brutally bad drafts down the stretch...

That's rarely how it works.  GMs usually get 1 shot. 

 

Vrabel took a lowly consultant job on the Browns when he was fired.  But when teams saw how bad the Titans were without him in 24, he was suddenly so desirable that he was given control over the roster.

 

Just like Vrabel, I think teams are intrigued as to how Robinson would perform outside of the dysfunction of the Titans. 

[prine06]

Offense looked best it has all year. Let’s just see what next week brings as they transition away from Callahans BS.

[Callidus]

1 minute ago, oldschool said:

 

again, the offense moved the ball consistently on their firs 4 drives, Ward had his best half of the year and they scored 13 points in the 1st half which was just .8 off their game average in 2025. I don't fault the offense for sucking the rest of the game once they were down 18 in 3rd quarter. That means the pats D didn't have to respect the run or Play action and could tee off on Ward which like I said, exposes the main weaknesses of the OFF roster, OL and weapons. 

 

Do I expect the offense to drop 21 points in the 1st half next week against the colts and become a top 15 unit the rest of the year? of course not but for a hald when the full playbook was available to them, they looked better. Why we can't admit that is beyond me...

I did say they looked better... 

 

Idk if i would say they were good the whole first half. The first drive stalled after a great start. 

 

The 2nd drive was perfection. 

 

The 3rd drive got derailed by a penalty but wasnt exactly inspiring either. 

 

The 4th drive was decent. 

 

Last possesion if the half we can just ignore. 

 

Thats an improvement for sure but i still stand by once the script ran out things started to go down from there. 

 

You are 100% right the 2nd half got out of hand quickly but it wasnt till after the 2nd titans drive ending in the fumble td that things were really out of hand and the pats could tee off. 

[oldschool]

2 minutes ago, Callidus said:

I did say they looked better... 

 

Idk if i would say they were good the whole first half. The first drive stalled after a great start. 

 

The 2nd drive was perfection. 

 

The 3rd drive got derailed by a penalty but wasnt exactly inspiring either. 

 

The 4th drive was decent. 

 

Last possesion if the half we can just ignore. 

 

Thats an improvement for sure but i still stand by once the script ran out things started to go down from there. 

 

You are 100% right the 2nd half got out of hand quickly but it wasnt till after the 2nd titans drive ending in the fumble td that things were really out of hand and the pats could tee off. 

 

which was better for the most part than what we've seen all year. It would be hard not to with the floor being so low.