Common denominator during the Titans' six-game losing streak

[Hammock Parties]

So the Titans looked like contenders and then they went on this six-game streak that killed their season.

I still think they are a talented and dangerous team. This, IMO, is our toughest game other than the San Diego game in the second half of the season.

Matchups I hate:

Jason Babin against Barry Richardson - nuff said

Cortland Finnegan against Dwayne Bowe - I really hate this, because Finnegan is physical enough to completely take Bowe out of his game.

Chris Hope and Michael Griffin against Matt Cassel - He can't telegraph throws like that INT last week and get away with it against these guys.

Michael Roos against Tamba Hali - Roos completely owned Hali the last time he played him. Yeah, Hali is a different player now, but Roos is a great young left tackle.

Oh yeah, Chris Johnson against...anyone.

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

I do not think we can get away with another 15/30 performance out of Cassel and expect to win this game.

BTW, they just held the Texans to 30 rushing yards.

[FringeNC]

We will win if we convert our 3rd and shorts. It's the weakness of this offense.

[Micjones]

I'm not all that worried about Kerry Collins. He has an 81.5 QB Rating this season.
Not the same guy he was in the past.

Johnson's always deserving of my respect though.

Ultimately the Chiefs run the ball and defend the run better than Tennessee.
This is going to come down to which QB can play the most efficient football.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by RINGLEADER

His average on 98 carries over the last six weeks is 3.7 ypc. He has six runs that elevate that to 5.4 ypc. If we can keep him from breaking off the big runs I think we are okay -- make Grandpa win with his arm at Arrowhead...I'll take those match-ups...

Just like JC. Against the Rams 10 runs for 42 yards and 1 for 80

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

Just like JC. Against the Rams 10 runs for 42 yards and 1 for 80

Actually if you take away JC's long runs he is still almost at 5 ypc over the past six games...

[KC_Lee]

A couple of things from a Chiefs fan living in Titan-ville;

- Fisher is on his way out. I cannot see Bud Adams keeping him after back to back seasons with lossing streaks of 6 games.

- Tennesee's game plan, both defense and offence, is a hybrid of Marty & Herm Edwards. Once you shut down the run and get up by ten the game is over

- We can run all day on them. The D-Line stinks.

- Finnegan can be beat. Bowe just needs to keep his head on straight.

[Mi_chief_fan]

Originally Posted by KC_Lee

- We can run all day on them. The D-Line stinks.

Then why couldn't Arian Foster run on them? I didn't see the game.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by Mi_chief_fan

Then why couldn't Arian Foster run on them? I didn't see the game.

They abandoned the run pretty early - they got down 21-0 or 21-7, IIRC.

11 carries, 15 yards - so it's not like he did much when given the chance, but Schaub had 54 attempts.

[Chief Chief]

Originally Posted by beer bacon

We're gonna kill them. Cassel goes for the jugular. Then he steals the ball away from whomever scored the TD and spikes it.

And he'll be twice as terrifying against the Titans 'cuz I hear he's getting his tonsils removed tomorrow!

[warpaint*]

Originally Posted by RINGLEADER

His average on 98 carries over the last six weeks is 3.7 ypc. He has six runs that elevate that to 5.4 ypc. If we can keep him from breaking off the big runs I think we are okay -- make Grandpa win with his arm at Arrowhead...I'll take those match-ups...

Football doesn't work this way. All the carries count.

[KC_Lee]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

They abandoned the run pretty early - they got down 21-0 or 21-7, IIRC.

11 carries, 15 yards - so it's not like he did much when given the chance, but Schaub had 54 attempts.

Correct, Houston had to abandon the running game early.

[Mi_chief_fan]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

They abandoned the run pretty early - they got down 21-0 or 21-7, IIRC.

11 carries, 15 yards - so it's not like he did much when given the chance, but Schaub had 54 attempts.

Makes sense, thanks.

[Chieftain58]

Arrowhead Crowd!!

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by warpaint*

Football doesn't work this way. All the carries count.

I agree. Which is why I said if we could keep him from breaking off the long one I think we'll be fine.

[BossChief]

Someone should twitter the video of cj playing the instruments after his long touchdown at arrowhead in 08 to the Chiefs defenders as a motivational piece for protect this house.

Notice how bad that team isx without VY

[Hammock Parties]

Few interesting tidbits from the Titans board:

We've got a small defense built to (attempt) to stop Peyton Manning, and if you push us around enough on defense we eventually cave in. Anyone with a strong run game and a solid TE can just run us into the ground and force our offense to be even more 1-dimensional than it already is.

The Titans need to beat Kansas City and Indianapolis to get to 8-8. Meanwhile, Washington has to beat Jacksonville and Oakland needs to beat Indianapolis next week. Then, in Week 17, Houston has to beat Jacksonville in the finale. If all of that happens, the Titans win the tiebreaker and at 8-8, the Titans win the AFC South and get into the playoffs. It's a lot of help, but crazier things have happened.

Two words to make every Titans fan cringe: Tony Moeaki.

KC is all hype, no substance. They lose consistently to the worst teams in the league.

Pretenders to a T.

Chris Johnson has clearly lost a step. I've been saying it since the beginning of the season. A lot of Titans fans were/still are in denial about it though. But he hasn't looked the same all season long. Not even early on.

Yeah Allen had a good angle on him this past Sunday but there's no doubt in my mind '09 CJ would've taken that to the house. How many times in '08 and '09 did we see DBs have GREAT angles on him yet he still left them in a cloud of dust? I honestly haven't seen any of that this year.

I'm not sure if the dropoff is due to injury, poor offseason training, lack of passion or what. But if you think this is the same guy from last year you're kidding yourself. Don't get me wrong, he still a great back. And compared to the other backs around the league he's one of if not the fastest. But compared to CJ of seasons past, he's slow.

In my opinion he's definitely lost a step. Sure it's very possible that he's slowed a bit thanks to the beating he's taken the last two seasons and the excessive number of touches he's had this year, but he just looks slower on almost every touch he's had this year even at the beginning of the year he looked slower (perhaps due to and elevated sense of indecisiveness), he just doesn't look like the same explosive runner like he did year 1 and even last year. I didn't watch the game, and after seeing the play on NFL films have to admit that was a great angle by Allen though !

The O-line is significantly worse this season. There's no denying that. But this discussion isn't simply about a decline in CJ's numbers. All you have to do is watch him when he gets into the open field to see he's lacking that extra gear he previously had. Nobody is calling him slow or saying he sucks. He just doesn't look the same this year. Sure the line sucks. But CJ is getting brought down in the open field in several situations where he would not have been touched in years past. That doesn't have anything to do with the line. 10, 15, 20 yards past the LOS and you get caught that's on you.