Post-Game Thread Game 6 Final Score: Titans 24-Steelers 27

The 3rd and 13 throw to Davis. You said you would have liked it if it were 2nd down not 3rd down call. It would have been 2nd 13 if Tannehill didn’t have the grounding call and just took the sack.

 

Is it Panda time yet?

 

Uhhh well he still got hit and taken to the ground after he threw it.

 

Loser: Third Down Defense


Going back to the Titans win over the Bills, Tennessee’s defense has allowed their opponents to convert 33 of their 49 third downs (67.3%).

The highest season long third down conversion rate that a team has allowed since 1991 (the furthest Pro Football Reference’s database goes back on that stat) is 49.6% by the 1995 Cleveland Browns.


The Titans were giving up a league-high 57.8% conversion rate heading into this game and the Steelers 13-of-18 performance will continue to send that number in the wrong direction for Tennessee.

This is a problem that must get figured out in a hurry for the Titans defense.

 

No I said that 3rd and 13 launch to CD84 would've been a perfect call if it was 2nd and 13 as opposed to 3rd and 13.

 

Yeah..... and I’m saying it would have been 2nd & 13 on that play call if Tannehill didn’t have the penalty.

 

I'm sure JRob wouldn't want to depart our 2023 7th round picks to obtain either one of these players.

 

But lewan committed too many penalties in the past, we don't need him

 

The only thing that the defense does well is force turnovers. The two INT in the 2nd half are why they stayed in the game.

I think the team is +8 this season in turnover ratio.

 

1st drive amplified our 3rd down issues. Defense is a big problem, but it isn’t healthy at the moment. Steelers a Super Bowl contender, and it was a missed field goal that lost us the game. We were down 24-7 and had a chance to tie in the end, actually win really, so I’m not overly concerned. We’ll see them again soon.