Prediction: Titans 2008 Record

Discussion in 'Tennessee Titans and NFL Talk' started by Alex1939, Aug 29, 2008.

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How many wins for the Titans?

Poll closed Sep 19, 2008.
  1. 13 or more wins.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  2. 12-4

    8.9%
  3. 11-5

    30.4%
  4. 10-6

    28.6%
  5. 9-7

    16.1%
  6. 8-8

    7.1%
  7. 7-9

    5.4%
  8. 6-10

    1.8%
  9. 5-11

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. 4 or less wins.

    1.8%
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  1. omahacolt

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    born and raised in the great state of indiana though


    so that makes me somewhat like a king of the midwest. or something like that
     
  2. HornedToad10

    HornedToad10 Camp Fodder

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    IMO, the Titans overachieved by ~2-3 games last year. I went with 9-7 this year, but was tempted by 10-6.
     
  3. Blazing Arrow

    Blazing Arrow The 12th man

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    Realistically I think we can go 11-5.

    In division I think we split with the Colts and Jags and sweep the cows again.
    4-2

    KC, Chicago, Baltimore, Jets and Detroit I think our D will have a field day with
    4-1 (we probably blow one of these games)

    The remaining games of Cinci, Minnesota, Green Bay, Cleveland, and Pit
    3-2 (we beat the piss out of Cleveland for all of the whining last season, Cinci looks lost and we split with Pit and Green Bay; probably beating GB since we are at home.)

    I think 11-5 is very doable.
     
  4. omahacolt

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    i dont see the tacs splitting with the colts. and also i dont see you beating gb either.

    so that puts you around 8 or 9 wins. i buy that. 11 wins is a push if you ask me. depth on the dline and having vy as a qb is really scary
     
  5. Blazing Arrow

    Blazing Arrow The 12th man

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    We have split with the Colts the last two seasons and outscored you over that time. If we do end up in the 8 win category we again play the Colts in the final week and if they are 11-4 at the time the game means nothing and they will probably tank it again to rest starters. The Colts have lost Saturday for 6 weeks and who knows how his knee will respond at that point. The C leads the line and Manning will be working with a new center. Manning is having knee issues and who knows how well Harrison will play coming off of injury. I think you under estimate the injury bug and how it might affect your team.

    GB maybe a stretch but we have a better run game, better D, better special teams and better coaching. If this team needed to rely on Young I might agree with you but Young did not help much last season. We play fisher ball at home and control the clock I think we can win that one. I am not sold on Rogers at all. He played under a great QB but Farve is also an unorthodox QB. No the best person to mentor under. It is like learning to swing a bat from Julio Franco. It works for him but most would not be able to pull it off.
     
  6. wplatham

    wplatham U of M Class of 2012

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    Even with the second meeting being on week 17? Surely one of us (Tennessee in my opinion...of course) will be in a position where we can rest our starters. I love playing the Colts, though, because since Vince has been here it has always been a good game. Plus I have a little brother who is a Colts fan and that makes it that much more exciting. I'm ready for Monday Night Football! :yes:
     
  7. nate42104

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    Strength of schedule is based on "last years" records. In a league of parody, that means absolutely nothing. Our non-divisional opponents that vaulted us to a 10-6 record were the following 10 teams; 2 of which made the playoffs:

    New Orleans 7-9
    Atlanta 4-12
    Tampa Bay 9-7
    Oakland 4-12
    Carolina 7-9
    Denver 7-9
    Cincy 7-9
    Kansas City 4-12
    San Diego 11-5
    NY Jets 4-12

    A combined record of: 64-96 How is that a strong schedule? A team like the Cowboys who last year were 13-3 may turn out to be 7-9 this year. And the Chiefs at 4-12 are capable of being 10-6 this year.

    Simply put we can not predict who has a tough schedule this year until the year is over. But, we can go back and look at our opponents records once a season is over and see how tough it was. The Titans snuck into the playoffs with opponents like these.

    For us to sneak in again, we will need the same luck. And, even then, there is a 0% chance we win our lone playoff game on the road vs the Patriots, Chargers, or Colts. We simply do not have the ammo to come back once we get down. And, if we are fortunate enough to have our defense shut them down it doesn't matter, we can't score anyways (see last years playoff game)
     
  8. wplatham

    wplatham U of M Class of 2012

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    Why did you choose to leave out the strongest part of our schedule? Divisional opponents count, too. They are what makes our schedule so hard. So you've gotta add:

    2X Indianapolis (13-3)
    2X Jacksonville (12-4)
    2X Houston (8-8)

    That brings the total to 130-126. Which equals out to a .510 winning percentage. I'm not gonna go through the trouble of doing everybody's strength of schedule, but I do remember the toughest strength of schedule before the season was something around .530. So I'd say we still had a fairly tough schedule.
     
  9. omahacolt

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    its a good thing the colts drafted 75 centers this year. i am sure mudd will get them coached up for a few weeks. yeah they may struggle but i dont see that costing them any games. mudd is the best o-line coach in the league

    manning and harrison will be fine. if not that is a different story. but i really doubt you will see them struggle much. hell harrison was gone for most of last year anyway. hell look at the injury bug last year and the colts were still dominant

    i knew i should have added something about the colts resting their starters. its like the nfl gives that game to the titans every year because they know the colts will have the division in hand. they love vy for some reason. that said i am not so sure the titans starters can beat the colts backups. they almost didnt last year.
     
  10. nate42104

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    When comparing a team from one year to the next, the only changes to the schedule are the opponents outside the division. The purpose of this conversation is to see whether or not we will have a better or worse record than last year. If we had the exact same schedule as last year, it would simply be a matter of comparing how good our team is this year vs last year. And, I do think we would have a comparable record within 1 game.

    However, the only "change" to our schedule is the other 10 teams we play. That is what we are comparing. Based on those 10 games, the schedule will be MUCH tougher in my opinion. And, is why I believe we are a 7-9 team this year as our out of division 10-game schedule last year was probably one of the easiest in the entire NFL.
     
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