Preseason

I don't think we've looked as bad as your making it out to be, that's just me. I'm not worried at all. Barring injuries were a 10 win team.

 

I'm not worried until a few weeks of real games to see where we are at.

 

I gladly watch pre-season because it's the only time I really get to see the games since regular games are on during work hours/sleep hours here.

But there really isn't much to take from them and the only thing I hope for is an injury free pre-season, and I am pretty sure that is how the players who are guaranteed a spot on the roster see it.

At one stage we had our 2nd and 3rd stringers, guys who have no real shot to make the roster, playing against the Browns first.

 

There are a few things I'm concerned about, but overall I've been encouraged by a lot of what I've seen in terms of individual performance - especially from the rookies. Overall I've taken a few things out of these 4 games:

1) Titans hit the jackpot with another solid draft. Maybe got a couple future stars in Cook, Ringer and Britt... at the very least got very solid players top to bottom. Best of all we might have found a future starting LB and CB. Hopefully Marks will eventually be a the DT we need, too.

2) As much as this defense looks to have struggled at times, the starters haven't given up many points at all. We'll need to adjust to the loss of AH, but if they can keep the bend don't break style, they'll get the job done.

3) It will take some time to get it clicking, but the offense is leaps and bounds ahead of previous years. Much more balanced now with an effective passing game. We won't turn into the greatest show on turf, but for the 1st time in years I feel like we have the talent to do what needs to be done to win in the post season.

The 2 biggest concerns people have had are with the O-line/run game and the D-line, but we've also been missing 2 fixtures on both the lines - David Stewart and Jason Jones. I mean, we're a deep team but when your starters are out you normally would scheme a bit to give the backups some help. But that's not what preseason is about so we've just gotten some good reps and looks at backups. The tackling concerns me, and special teams outright worries me.

 

I don't even know why there are OGT for preseason.

 

I'm glad you understand these games mean crap. From late July til Early September teams take part in a period of training ("pre-season training") to recover fitness levels, followed by exhibition games or friendly matches prior to the official start of the season. The games' results have no meaning for the upcoming season, but serve as a way to prepare the players and the team, and sometimes to raise the team profile through lucrative promotion. I don't like that the NFL sells these games as something meaningful. But they do because they can. People love football so much the NFL has realized that and takes advantage of fans interests by pushing these games as worthwhile games. Notice how dated these games look when broadcasted. I felt like I was watching a 1992 game when the Cowboys hosted the 49er's this weekend. Even the networks are in 'preseason' form. Who the hell is Fox 3??? I always thought Fox was ch. 5 everywhere. "Preseason" sounds a lot better than "training time".

If our guys don't play up to their 10-0 expectations, so what. No team is even 0-0 at this point. They're all ?-? really.