Prediction Time: 4000 yards?

Discussion in 'Tennessee Titans and NFL Talk' started by JCBRAVE, Dec 1, 2016.

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  1. He can do it!

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  1. TitanJeff

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    He's facing some stout passing defenses. He's at 2,998 now.

    Broncos are #1 vs. the pass allowing an avg. of 194 yards a game.
    Chiefs are #19 allowing 261.
    Jags are #3 allowing 204.
    Texans are #4 allowing 209.

    Doing the math, that's 868 which puts him under the 4K final.

    I would not have any problem with it either because, for the Titans offense to win, the running game needs to be clicking. If he's racking up big passing yards, it would likely be because he's playing from behind and getting a lot of them late in games.
     
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  2. PRAY IV M3RCY

    PRAY IV M3RCY Pro Bowler

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    Jags and Texans with top 5 passing defenses?..Mariota wasn't as bad against the Texans as the numbers may show..and he absolutely torched the Jags.
     
  3. TitanJeff

    TitanJeff Kahuna Grande Staff

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    I'll assume their pass defense numbers are inflated due to how bad they are against the run (24th).

    And he had 202 yards against the Texans. I expect that to improve at home but, again, for the Titans to win, the running game needs to be clicking because the defense is struggling.

    IMO, passing yards are not a great indicator in judging the quality of a QB. For example, Dalton has more passing yards right now.

    Give me passer rating any day. And, since he's taking better care of the football, that's jumped significantly. He's #5 right now.
     
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  4. Alzarius

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    4k yards would be nice but the main stat I'm looking at is his TD/INT ratio against good passing defenses.
     
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  5. Carp

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    10 is totally reasonable, but on the optimistic side. I think he finishes with 33 TDs. Which, combined with the 4,000 yard mark, would put him in some pretty elite company.
     
  6. TitanJeff

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    Looks like a good bye week Sportsbook wager.
     
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  7. Bonky

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    I'd like to see MM get 4k, but it's not likely that he will. The combination of our opponents and our gameplan stacks the deck against that.

    That said, I'm pleased with what improvements I've seen on the team this season. OL is fixed, running game is top-notch, and nobody in the NFL is looking forward to playing us on Sunday. Win or lose, opponents are putting players on recovery after a Titans game.

    Mariota has been everything I hoped that he might be, and then some. I believe that barring injury, we have our franchise QB in place for the next several years.

    I'm in it for the marathon, and if MM misses the 4k sprint, who cares.
     
  8. SuperMariota

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    He will be shooting for it but the offense tends to go pretty conservative through out the game. So if he and the team gets hot early on and grabs big leads he will be seriously slowed by the staff. I think it's difficult with four games left. But possible.
     
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  9. Backinmyday

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    Based on stats, alone, MM8 would get very close to the 4K mark since he is averaging 249 yards passing per game. However, in the six games that we've won his average drops to 238/game, which would put him at 3,950. I hope he gets the 3,950 and we finish the season 10-6. ;)
     
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  10. Ontario Titan

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    Mariota being "marginally predictable" I say he gets 4025 yds
     
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