Stats on play calling vs. Vikes

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  1. Titans2004

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    For what it is worth...we had 28 1st down plays in the game. We ran the ball 11 times and passed 17 times. These numbers get skewed when we fall behind. In the first half we had 14 1st down plays and the breakdown was 7 runs/7 passes.

    I consider a successful first down play to be a play that gains 4 or more yds. In the 1st half 5 of our 7 runs on 1st down were successful. Only 3 of our 7 passes were successful. In the 2nd half only 1 of our 4 runs on 1st down were successful while 6 of 10 passes were successful. Not sure whether this difference between running success on 1st down was related to a defensive scheme change or not.

    So for the game 15 of our 28 1st down plays went for 4 yds or more. That is a pretty good job of staying ahead of the chains.

    One thing that can really help your offense is to be in 2nd and 6yds or less situations...the playbook is open to everything in that situation. We had 24 2nd down plays in the game and on 13 of them we had 6 or less yds to go. So over 50% of the time we were staying ahead of the chains. I decided to randomly check the stats on the Patriots because I figured they would set themselves up for decent down and distance on 2nd down....well they only had 6 or less yds to go on 2nd down 6 of 22 times.

    The offense did a pretty efficient job against a tough Vikings defense. Will be interesting to see what happens against the Lions this week
     
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  4. PRAY IV M3RCY

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    Thank you for taking the time to actually investigate how we performed Sunday instead of summing up how we played based on an instant reaction to a couple of bad plays.
     
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  7. HurrayTitans!

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    Hopefully that all adds up to a couple of wins this year. Unfortunately, for as many stats we can look at to say Tennessee had a good game (I think they did ok), we didn't see the positive in the most important column, W.
     
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  10. Riverman

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    I consider a successful game one in which we score more than the other team.

    On sunday we scored 16 points and the Vikings scored 25.

    Seriously, stats are great but we can have them saying nearly anything we want them to say. People who are "reacting" to a few bad plays aren't reacting to the plays as much as the effect on the outcome of the game. So if we're keeping it real, let's keep it real.
     
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  13. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    Vikings didnt do much to win that game, we gave it away.

    It was a productive day minus the turnovers, i was very pleased with how well they moved the ball the first 2 1/2 quarters. Last year that wasnt happening..
     
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  16. Vigsted

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    Turnovers are the key. Our offense gave up a few and our defense didn't create any. When you lose the turnover battle you're likely to lose the game (the stat is like +80% or something crazy)
     
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  19. SanDiegoTitan

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    Our first half was the best TEAM performance I have seen in over two years. Was very pleased. Mariota looked a little shaky, but overall we played sound team ball. Second half we tried to get too cute. Hopefully Mularkey/Robiskie dump a few of those cute plays and stick with the pound em and let Mariota pick them apart. Remember,both our RBs and both our WRs are new. First game with them and Mariota together. D played well, shut down AP.

    We have a long way to go... but I am not panicking like many on this board.
     
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  22. Roscoes Wetsuit

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    And that's the problem some of us have this team.

    We can win on the stat sheet but for some reason lose on what matters.

    We've been a team of morale victories for a decade. Rather win looking like **** than lose with potential for next week.
     
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  25. JR1980

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    Yeah we need to start actually closing games. This is getting ridiculous.
     
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  28. GoT

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    3-20 .130 at home over last 23 home games ....
     
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