Titans Spank Saints 23-21

Point of clarification - are you saying our team hasn’t played down to lesser competition in the past?

 

Jets
Bengals
Browns

 

This is accurate. Only the #1 seed gets a bye in the playoffs.

 

The offense really didn’t have their foot on the gas at any point during the game. The yardage was about even for both offenses. Their kicker is the only thing that kept them from forcing the Titans into yet another overtime game.

 

No.. it has in an individual game like every other NFL teams do every year. But THIS particular team as constructed has nothing to do with some historical Titans team from 2013 or even last season. It’s a different team. They lost to the Jets.

But this narrative that every year or when this team is good they always fold to bad teams is ludicrous and quite frankly false.


Don’t be afraid to be successful. Quit looking for or expecting the collapse.

 

Care to look at the injury report for that game? Also, I have stated many times NFL teams lose to inferior opponents every year. It happens.

But make no mistake, the Titans lost that game because of many reasons. Not just playing down to the competition.

 

I’m not arguing they don’t do this every year, LIKE EVERY OTHER NFL TEAM does. That’s not what people are saying. they are saying they do this with EVERY bad opponent every year every time on and on.

So we lost to the Jets that’s our stinker, let’s move on. We aren’t doing that again. But this weak ass mindset some in this fan base have expecting impending doom is ridiculous.

Expect to win! Demand it !

 

Personally, I’d like to see us rest as many players as possible while still winning games EVEN if it means barely winning. Put the W on the board and get healthy for the playoffs. Getting Henry back for the post season is a real possibility.

 

That’s your opinion in hindsight. But it’s not true and reality. Who knows what the Titans do or how they react if the score was different. Vrabel knew where they were and managed the game differently. So did the Saints. The Saints made it close AT THE END. But they had to do everything perfect. they didn’t They lost. If McNichol catches that TD pass in the first quarter it isn’t close. IF they don’t have the holding penalty inside the red zone and get the TD instead of kicking a FG the game isn’t close.

IF. IF IF IF The game wasn’t really that close.