Hopefully after 14 seasons Fisher has learned the value of playmakers on O

We haven't drafted in the first three rounds or signed a dynamic offensive playmaker since Fisher's been coach that I'm aware of other than Chris Johnson. We've prioritized bigger, slower players like Eddie George, LenDale White, Justin Gage, Drew Bennett... we got lucky with Derrick Mason, then let him go when his rookie contract was up, though we had little choice then.

The second half was as clear an indication as any IMO that a Wes Welker/Percy Harvin type of receiver is key during crunch time. If that doesn't convince Fisher, then this is likely to be a yearly pattern with him, who needed a miracle play to get past the first round in our lone Superbowl run.

The Titans receivers played their best game of the year, but it wasn't a typical performance, and they couldn't get open when it really mattered in the end. All in all, we need at least a poor man's version of Chris Johnson at receiver. We have nothing remotely close, Hawkins perhaps, but someone more like Harvin would be ideal.

 

Clarifying two things!

1. I'm talking WRs and RBs. I don't advocate for 'playmakers with speed and burst' for QB per se.
2. When I say playmaker, I refer to Fisher's promise a year ago to draft such players with speed and big playmaking ability. He actually did good on that promise, hopefully he sticks to that. Playmakers go deep, and they get open short because of that threat. DeSean Jackson is another that comes to mind.

In other words, they don't need to be 6'2" and 200 lbs, which seems to be our typical requisite when drafting early, spending in free agency. Steve Smith is 5'9 and 185 lbs, and Carolina is a run-first team. You don't need big blocking receivers to play Fisherball.

 

I've been a Titans/Oilers fan for thirty years and posting on the team boards for ten, and lost my profile on this site so it looks like I'm a noob, but these are issues that I've seen raised for a long time. I don't see where the blue collar reference comes from though. Is there a tone to my posts that I'm not realizing?

I think few will argue that a large part of our success this year is because of CJ, and I think few would argue he was a large part of our success in the first half of the game vs. the Redskins.

I'm just agreeing with what Fisher said last year after we lost in the first round when he said we needed playmakers with speed on offense. It looked like we changed our philosophy last year, and hopefully it'll continue.

Paul Williams is 205 lb, Chris Henry is 230 lb... those are big guys for their positions, better suited for a power running game, which is fine, but all I'm saying is that going with smaller size and more speed ain't such a bad thing for a change when it comes to one of our starting WRs. It worked with Derrick Mason... for us and for the Ravens.

 

Btw, having spent thirty years as a loyal Oilers/Titans fan without a Superbowl, I think I have a right to be a bit cynical when it comes to the coach, management and even ownership. It's tough love, man.