Calling My Shot

Discussion in 'NFL Draft' started by XO, Dec 13, 2014.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  1. RTH

    RTH Meh...

    18,039
    4,788
    939
    Derrick Morgan is a good football player... problem is, where we took him, he should be a great one.
     
  2. Scarecrow

    Scarecrow All-Pro

    30,719
    13,964
    1,459
    Derrick Morgan is depth on about 25 NFL teams.
     
  3. Fry

    Fry Welcome to the land of tomorrow!

    42,307
    15,453
    1,389
    1/4 of Derrick Morgan's career sacks have come against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
     
    • Hit the Target Hit the Target x 2
  4. Scarecrow

    Scarecrow All-Pro

    30,719
    13,964
    1,459
    thats about all you need to say

    He would have finished the year with 4.5 sacks if it was not for his last 2 in week 16 against the Jags. He didn't get his first sack until week 7.

    Morgan is notorious for disappearing in all games except for lesser opponents. The guy is just about everything that is wrong with our defense.
     
  5. ImATitan

    ImATitan Pro Bowler

    11,027
    3,257
    579
    I agree Morgan is a good football player, just not a great one.
     
  6. Gut

    Gut Pro Bowler

    8,052
    2,249
    669
    Keep in mind, I have not watched this game yet (still have 4 more Bowl games before this one) but I have seen the highlights and stats.

    Maybe someone can explain this to me. Passer A completes 72+% of his passes (10 incompletions), throws 2 TD's and 1 INT. Passer B completes 64+% of his passes (16 incompletions) and throws 1 TD and 1 INT. So they are saying Passer A should have had 2 INT's, so both QB's would have ended up with a 1:1 TD to INT ratio? So how does Passer A end up with a Negative rating of -2.4 while Passer B has the opposite rating of +2.9?

    I took another look at their website and saw an interesting thing on their grading which is a serious flaw. "Another way of looking at the “0” grade is viewing it as the “expected” grade for an NFL player. We expect an NFL quarterback to accurately throw a 6-yard curl route against off-coverage on 1st-and-10, and whether or not his WR gets tackled for a 6-yard gain or breaks a tackle for a 70-yard touchdown, the quarterback’s grade remains the same."

    I interpret this to mean throwing a guy open and giving him the opportunity for YAC only gets the QB the same yds/grade as a QB who does not give him YAC opportunity. Consider on a key 3rd down play we ran a crossing route at 5 yds (needed 8 for the 1st down) but because the QB threw the ball behind the WR, he could only catch the ball. If the ball is thrown in front and leading him to the open field, he gets YAC yards and a first down (and more)...but the QB gets the same grade? Silly.

    And their commentary is amusing with the constant...after watching thousands of plays, we have a pretty good idea what we are looking at. 'Pretty good' is not what I'm looking for with statistical analysis!

    Plus, how does a rushing performance of 8 carries for 62 yards (7.8ypc) and 1 TD get you a PFF score of +.9? Did they CARRY Mariota into the endzone so he didn't earn it or something?

    I also 'enjoyed' that they think they can gauge how every player does on every play with just the broadcast footage but will go to the ALL-22 when needed?
     
    • Unreadable Unreadable x 1
  7. The Playmaker

    The Playmaker pineapple pizza party

    15,292
    3,225
    909
    Derrick Morgan is in fact better in the 3-4 imo (from the few games that I have seen) but I still wouldn't consider him a good player. I don't think we have many good players on this team. He should be brought back because he doesn't hurt us and honestly could still improve a bit since he's only like 25. We also don't need to create more holes by letting go of adequate players.
     
    • High Five High Five x 1
  8. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

    82,274
    26,649
    1,509
    I agree he's looked better as a OLB, what would really help Morgan and everyone else is for the other OLB to actually do something. Thats where we should be investing an early draft pick into, or sign one of the top free agents, theres 3 or 4 impressive ones scheduled to become free agents.
     
  9. ImATitan

    ImATitan Pro Bowler

    11,027
    3,257
    579
    We can be a good defense with Morgan starting at OLB. The key to that good defense, is putting someone 10000x better than Wimbley opposite him.
     
    • High Five High Five x 2
    • Hit the Target Hit the Target x 1
  10. MaxFischer

    MaxFischer Rookie

    140
    17
    34
    Jameis Winston's ceiling is Vince Young. His floor is Vince Young.
     
    • Pigeon Bomb Pigeon Bomb x 1
    • LOL LOL x 1
    • Cheers Cheers x 1
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  • Welcome to goTitans.com

    Established in 2000, goTitans.com is the place for Tennessee Titans fans to talk Titans. Our roots go back to the Tennessee Oilers Fan Page in 1997 and we currently have 4,000 diehard members with 1.5 million messages. To find out about advertising opportunities, contact TitanJeff.
  • The Tip Jar

    For those of you interested in helping the cause, we offer The Tip Jar. For $2 a month, you can become a subscriber and enjoy goTitans.com without ads.

    Hit the Tip Jar