Now, why did the Titans lose six games? Every quarterback they played during their losing streak was highly efficient at the least or explosive at best.

Rivers 27/36 305 2/1
Henne 19/28 240 1/0
McNabb 30/50 376 1/1
Schaub 25/35 176 1/0
Garrard 14/19 126 0/0
Manning 25/35 319 2/0

You can't tell jack shit from those stats. They are all over the place - 19 attempt through 50 attempts. Zero Tds to 2, etc.

hehe...

Truthfully, this team has made such progress and shown real growth in so many areas this season is a win as it stands. But I do believe we smoke these next two opponents in Arrowhead. I do believe out of all the teams we could host the Jets (and maybe the Ravens who have given up huge yards/points at times this season) are probably the easiest out of a bunch of tough games to play.

Beyond that, who knows.

I was looking for a common denominator.

It wasn't rushing yards, and it wasn't defense.

None of these quarterbacks had bad days. All of them were, at the very least, highly efficient. I would guess the third down conversion % for these teams was very high.

This is true (both positive and negative). Out of all those lines I think we have the best chance to win with Garrard's numbers because it likely means we have 900 yards rushing offense (the Jags had 258 yards of rushing offense in that game).

Then the title of your thread makes no sense.

The title of the thread is "common denominator."

Yes, completely illogical.

Titans are 3-3 on the road by winning their first three road games over (NYG, DAL, JAX) and losing their next three road games at (SD, MIA, HOU)

I misread your response. I thought you said you weren't looking for a common denominator.

Anyway, there is none. The QB stats are all over the place.

I agree they are all over the place, but it's obvious none of those quarterbacks played poorly or below average. I think that was my point. We've won games where Cassel has played poorly this year. I don't think we can afford that this week.

I think this is the type of game we can 13-7. We could win this game even with Cassel not going for many yards and not completing a high percentage. We probably can't win if we turn the ball over a lot.

If his offseason program consisted of downing top shelf and spitting on girls in a bar I'd agree...

Titans - .500 football without Randy Moss. 1-5 with Moss.

I don't think it is.

When Collins has time he goes downfield. He has the arm and nothing to lose.

If anything that's our biggest weakness - deep down the middle passing.

That's where we get gashed.

I think this is the secret to teh Hoody/Parcells/Crennel defense: "**** the HB - Ruin the QB's day."

You saw this vs. Denver, and it was the failed game plan vs SD.

If you think about it it's a brilliant game plan and works most of the time. If you force an offense to run 12-17 plays with 0 gains of 20+ plays odds are they will **** up.

Really, how many teams can sustain 15+ play drives?

They will **** up. Holding calls, perhaps a tipped pass, a jerky QB, botched WR reverse, etc.

Eventually they'll **** themselves.

IF they don't have a top 5 QB...

I think the Titans are an awful road team.

ROFL