Titans Defense Possibly Looking At A Trip To The Record Books?

Discussion in 'Tennessee Titans and NFL Talk' started by Bababooey, Oct 11, 2010.

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  1. Bababooey

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    obviously it's only 5 games into the season but if there's any time that these talks should start to heat up, it's about now. With 22 sacks this season in just 5 games, they're just half a sack behind the famed Chicago Bears defense of the 80's that hung 72 sacks in the record books.

    Over a 16-game season, that means a team must average over 4.5 sacks a game to take the record.

    Here's the question(s):

    Are the Titans even close to being able to contest the 72-sack single season team record?

    With the Titans averaging 4.4 sacks per game currently and the record pace being 4.5 sacks/game, could we at least keep up with the record?

    Also, if we can't, what do you think will be our demise in the search for such a record? My early guess would be injury, but so far none have been so serious we couldn't play without them.


    I'm sure I'll get flamed that this is a non-subject and completely ridiculous to bring up, but I think it really adds an element to each game as you start counting up each sack, thinking of how close this defense may be to the record as the games go on.
     
    #1 Bababooey, Oct 11, 2010
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  4. Pacman 4 HoF

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    I was skeptical that our d could keep up this pace in like week 3 by now I'm convinced that we are just gunna do work every week and keep a few more games in reach due to the dline
     
    #2 Pacman 4 HoF, Oct 11, 2010
  7. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    I like our chances. I probably prematurely drafted the Titans defense in fantasy football knowing this may happen. Glad I got our boys.
     
    #3 JCBRAVE, Oct 11, 2010
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  10. Fry

    Fry Welcome to the land of tomorrow!

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    No way. We don't blitz enough. There's no way we're going to get 70+ sacks with just a d-line rotation.
     
    #4 Fry, Oct 11, 2010
  13. RavensShallBurn

    RavensShallBurn Ruck the Favens

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    We seemed to blitz plenty in the Cowboys game or at least it seemed that way since we had so much pressure on them.
     
    #5 RavensShallBurn, Oct 11, 2010
  16. Finnegan2win

    Finnegan2win hopesfall2win

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    If our offense sucks and we don't play 20 yards off the line of scrimmage..I could see around 60 sacks..70+ ..nah there will be games that they just suck.
     
    #6 Finnegan2win, Oct 11, 2010
  19. Alex1939

    Alex1939 Space Invaders Champion

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    It's an interesting topic and glad you started the thread.

    I think we have no chance to do this. Why? Just don't believe enough in the D-line to think we'll keep up this sack craziness.

    Don't get me wrong, I really like this team, I think we can go far, just don't believe our defense will do something this epic.
     
    #7 Alex1939, Oct 11, 2010
  22. The Playmaker

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    We could and I don't think injuries would play a huge factor since we have a huge rotation. It would be difficult if we lost Jones though.
     
    #8 The Playmaker, Oct 11, 2010
  25. GLinks

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    I did the same thing. Great minds think alike. They've been straight money every week. Double digits in all but the Pitt game.
     
    #9 GLinks, Oct 11, 2010
  28. TitansJonne

    TitansJonne OG triple OG

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    me too hahaha
     
    #10 TitansJonne, Oct 11, 2010
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