It's true; the past few weeks have been terrible for the Titans.. however, what better match up could they have than the Indianapolis Colts? Peyton Manning has been OFF TARGET for the past few weeks as well. I'm fairly certain that if someone (for whatever reason) missed the past few weeks of Manning, and someone mentioned him being OFF TARGET, it would be like taboo to them. I'm fairly certain that person would be more likely to believe there's a redneck country girl by the name of Sheniqua.
Looking back at the last few weeks for the Titans:
L Jacksonville: 17=6
L Houston: 20-0
L Washington: 19-16
Looking back at the last few weeks for the Colts:
L Cowboys: 38-35
L San Diego: 36-14
L New England: 31-28
Analyzing the Titans: The Titans are primarily a threat on the ground. If you can stop the run, you can stop the Titans. In every game the Titans have won this year, Chris Johnson has played a major role (except in the win over the Eagles, that was a fluke). The Titans are in the bottom 33 percentile in Rushing and Passing yards allowed, as well as total yards allowed. (22, 23, 24, respectively).
Analyzing their past 3 games:
Washington obviously exploited the Titan's pass defense. Although Mcnabb only threw 1 touchdown, he passed for 376 yards. Even though the Redskins failed to convert on many of those drives, they sure got enough field position for the 4 field goals, as well as the lone touchdown. It didn't help that the turnover ratio was 2:1 in favor of the Redskins.
Houston is a pretty good team. Sure, they've got a terrible pass defense, but a pretty damn good defense against the run. That was a disaster for Chris Johnson, who only got 5 yards in 7 carries.
Jacksonville has a powerful rushing offense, which completely dominated the Titans. Jones-Drew rushed for 186 yards, and Jennings + Garrard combined for a total of 14 of their 17 points. The Titans should have been able to counter by putting points on the board with Jacksonville's terrible(ranked 27th) passing defense, but somehow Collins threw two picks which evidently didn't help matters.
I would continue my analysis for the Colts, but I'm dead tired and have some shut to take care of before it gets too late in the afternoon. Hopefully people can build on this.
Looking back at the last few weeks for the Titans:
L Jacksonville: 17=6
L Houston: 20-0
L Washington: 19-16
Looking back at the last few weeks for the Colts:
L Cowboys: 38-35
L San Diego: 36-14
L New England: 31-28
Analyzing the Titans: The Titans are primarily a threat on the ground. If you can stop the run, you can stop the Titans. In every game the Titans have won this year, Chris Johnson has played a major role (except in the win over the Eagles, that was a fluke). The Titans are in the bottom 33 percentile in Rushing and Passing yards allowed, as well as total yards allowed. (22, 23, 24, respectively).
Analyzing their past 3 games:
Washington obviously exploited the Titan's pass defense. Although Mcnabb only threw 1 touchdown, he passed for 376 yards. Even though the Redskins failed to convert on many of those drives, they sure got enough field position for the 4 field goals, as well as the lone touchdown. It didn't help that the turnover ratio was 2:1 in favor of the Redskins.
Houston is a pretty good team. Sure, they've got a terrible pass defense, but a pretty damn good defense against the run. That was a disaster for Chris Johnson, who only got 5 yards in 7 carries.
Jacksonville has a powerful rushing offense, which completely dominated the Titans. Jones-Drew rushed for 186 yards, and Jennings + Garrard combined for a total of 14 of their 17 points. The Titans should have been able to counter by putting points on the board with Jacksonville's terrible(ranked 27th) passing defense, but somehow Collins threw two picks which evidently didn't help matters.
I would continue my analysis for the Colts, but I'm dead tired and have some shut to take care of before it gets too late in the afternoon. Hopefully people can build on this.
I believe Titans are great defending their own RedZone too?
