At QB Experience Matters

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  1. Tungtide

    Tungtide Just Another Freak

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    Considering its been ten years since McNair was our starting QB, I wanted to take a look at how many QB's have started for the Titans/Oilers since McNair was drafted. All in all, 13 QB's have started since Steve was drafted in 1995 (other than Steve), for a total of 189 games. Steve played for this franchise for 10 years, and started 131 games. He had 38 starts under his belt before they made it to the Super Bowl. Starting with 2006, there have been 145 starts by 9 different QB's.

    This is Mariota's second year, and he has 12 starts under his belt. As hungry as we are as fans to have a winning franchise again, it's important to realize that the last time we posted a real winning regular season record - 13-3 in 2008 - was when Kerry Collins became our starter after VY left the first game injured. At that time Collins, a fifth overall pick in 1995, was in his 13th season in the league. This franchise didn't become a mess overnight and it won't get fixed overnight either, but having a good QB is critical. We've whiffed on 2 high draft picks since 2006 (Young and Locker), and, shy of Collins brief success in 2008, have been either mediocre or bad. In this case bad is good, because it brought about the level of change that has the potential to fix things.
     
  2. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    The way our successful teams have been built almost any QB could have fared well. Experience does mean something but some guys just get it and others dont.

    You can already see a whole new level of confidence in Mariota's game this year.
     
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  3. HurrayTitans!

    HurrayTitans! Useless trivia knowledge champion

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    Did any of the Titans successful years have an overpowering offense that carried a weak defense? NO. Let's pump the brakes on all the playoff talk. This defense still needs a lot of work.
     
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  4. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    Playoffs?

    I dont see anyone saying playoffs
     
  5. HurrayTitans!

    HurrayTitans! Useless trivia knowledge champion

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    Not on this thread, no. But reading the "early division predictions" and a couple of the others, we have plenty of fans that think playoffs is not only a possibility in a bad division but the expectation because Murray and Henry were successful in preseason.

    Your take on experience is good, but it's hard to compare every situation equally. Didn't Luck reach the post season in his first year? Brady won the Super Bowl early in his career. Elway only won at the end and with an effective running game.
     
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  6. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    Well when i look at our schedule I see 6-8 possible wins, come seasons end that could very well win the AFCS, but 8 wins is our absolute best we could dream of. This team hasn't won back to back games in 3 years, so I dont expect that to suddenly reverse, we still have some key pieces we could stand to improve on. LG, SS, ILB, CB, PR/KR....

    But NEXT YEAR!!!!
     
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  7. JR1980

    JR1980 Pro Bowler

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    We add a few more pieces like we did this year, next off season, and we are going to be a team to look at for once.
     
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  8. HurrayTitans!

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    I have a similar outlook. I think next year, pending more offseason moves and the draft, this team should be able to compete with the best the AFC has to offer.
     
  9. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    we had 40% roster turnover

    we're a little ahead of things IMO

    next year is our year
     
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