Game Thread: Week 9 Titans vs Chargers

[oldschool]

Just now, AussieTitanFan08 said:

 

The Front Office would not be selling off pieces if they thought they were any hope of going 9-8.

 

You are missing the point... there is a major difference in trading okayers for draft assets and intentionally losing games. I said they would love to go 9-8. Not that they belive that's possible.

[AussieTitanFan08]

4 minutes ago, oldschool said:

 

You are missing the point... there is a major difference in trading okayers for draft assets and intentionally losing games. I said they would love to go 9-8. Not that they belive that's possible.

 

I just don't have as strict definition of tanking as some do. To me tanking is making conscious decisions to lesson your chances of winning.

 

Selling off pieces and lessening your chances of winning is not only a long term roster building philosophy but it is a form of tanking as you are not giving yourself the best chance of winning.

Edited November 3, 2025 by AussieTitanFan08

[ChesterCopperpot1]

13 minutes ago, Bongo59 said:

But they gave their QB enough time to throw for 250 yds and run for 60 more.  Not bad.  Tell me how did TN starting OL do for Cam?  What did he do?  112 yds after his sacks and two fumbles.  

lol those were not fumbles by Ward. 
 

idc what the box score says. 

Edited November 3, 2025 by ChesterCopperpot1

[Bongo59]

Stat lines says they were.  

[ChesterCopperpot1]

Just now, Bongo59 said:

Stat lines says they were.  

Watch the fucking game. They weren’t fumbles. 

[ChesterCopperpot1]

16 minutes ago, oldschool said:

You guys are idiots. The Titans FO, Coaches, and players would kill to go 9-8. They are not losing on purpose....

They (the FO) also ain’t trying to put the best team on the field. 
 

coaches and players are still trying to win because they’re playing for future contracts and jobs. 

[TF_Titan]

14 minutes ago, AussieTitanFan08 said:

 

The Front Office would not be selling off pieces if they thought they were any hope of going 9-8.

 

There's a difference between prioritizing next season over this season and actively trying to lose games.

[rns90]

17 minutes ago, Callidus said:

Tell that to callahan, he went all out to lose that game. He was actually so good at intentionally losing a game im suprised he isnt a half way decent coach, you need some level of understanding to get being intentionally wrong that right. 

Intentional/non intentional, if there is one thing he could do well it’s coach a team to a loss.

[Number9]

21 minutes ago, Stan said:

FO is clearly tanking players coaches are not. 

They are positioning for more than the rest of this season and next year.  McCreary-good player w/limitations. Is he a fit for 2027, 2028?  We need younger players to develop for this run.   It is wiser to develop the 2025 rookies, get another cb.

 

If they wanted to tank, bc was perfect.  He was a much larger problem than most people thought.  There were times today they looked better than bc ever had them looking.  Constantly getting the plays in leaving little time for Cam to call them and for the team to be imagining success.  bc had them lined up with shaving cream still on their faces.

[AussieTitanFan08]

1 minute ago, TF_Titan said:

 

There's a difference between prioritizing next season over this season and actively trying to lose games.

 

Personally I view tanking as choosing not giving yourself the best chance of winning rather than being purely actively trying to lose.

[oldschool]

9 minutes ago, ChesterCopperpot1 said:

They (the FO) also ain’t trying to put the best team on the field. 
 

coaches and players are still trying to win because they’re playing for future contracts and jobs. 

 

And? It's the coaches job to think about things week to week within a season. Its the FOs to take a longer view over multiple seasons. The FO trading players they dont expect to here long term isnt the same as tanking.

[Jamalisms]

Jesus fucking Christ. You guys have the dumbest arguments and I say that as someone who likes picking dumb arguments just to piss people off. 

 

The Titans front office has made the determination that they're not truly in contention this year and they're trading players for picks and betting on the future. Are they actively trying to lose? No. What they're doing is building the future and they're absolutely content with the increased likelihood of losing this year. Which is the same fucking thing.

 

I'm sure coaches and players would like to succeed and win. The players remaining on the team aren't good enough to win and as much as it might be a funny little bit of snark to say that those third down calls were an attempt by the coaches to lose, I don't think so. They're just dumbasses. Like, giant fucking dumbasses. Which is much worse in many ways because it means they don't have capacity to do better without stepping on their own dicks enough times that they decide maybe they should stop.

[ChesterCopperpot1]

2 minutes ago, oldschool said:

 

And? It's the coaches job to think about things week to week within a season. Its the FOs to take a longer view over multiple seasons. The FO trading players they dont expect to here long term isnt the same as tanking.

I wasn’t criticizing the FO for trading players who aren’t in the future plans; just stating a fact that they’re not putting the best roster they possibly can on the field.
 

I agree with you they’re not tanking. Don’t get so defensive. 

[ctm]

So every team that trades a player for draft capital is trying to lose and tanking.  Got it.

[Number9]

34 minutes ago, Callidus said:

Tell that to callahan, he went all out to lose that game. He was actually so good at intentionally losing a game im suprised he isnt a half way decent coach, you need some level of understanding to get being intentionally wrong that right. 

This post deserves a blue square around it.