Plenty of Similarities Between Titans and Vikings

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  1. goTitans.com

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    SUMMARY: When the 1-2 Vikings come to town Sunday to face the 3-0 Titans, the two teams will be mirror images of one another in many ways. Both have solid OLs and have offenses which focus on the run. Both recently replaced young QBs with veterans. Both have outstanding defenses. When it comes down to who will win on Sunday, David Thornton believes it will be decided in the trenches. "They have a great offensive line and defensive line, and so do we," Thornton said. "They hang their hats on running the ball, just like we do. And they hang their hats on playing strong defense, just like we do. So it’s going to be a game that’s really going to be decided by the guys up front, who can really control the line of scrimmage for 60 minutes. In the running game, they have a two-headed monster just like we do. It’s really similar in that aspect."

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  2. ColtKiller

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    This games gonna be a two hour long slug fest...I can't wait
     
  3. Riverman

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    I think it comes down to the play of Frerotte versus Collins. I like our chances better.
     
  4. ColtKiller

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    I honestly think our secondary is going to be the game breaker this time around, these are nearly identical teams except our secondary is very good and theirs is very average at best. Special teams will probably play quite a roll as well, we just need to play some solid, fundamental football and I think we've got this
     
  5. Jwill1919

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    I think the Vikes secondary is quite underrated. Sharper is a play-maker, Winfield will knock your lights out and CGriffin isn't that bad either. I agree with both posters above that said this will be an absolute slugfest and will all come down to which of the two QBs makes the least costly mistakes. I think we're going to see alot of 3-5 step drops and quick routes, screens to neutralize the pass rush. This one is going to be ugly.
     
  6. Jwill1919

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    These next two games will go a long way to showing everyone if KMFC and these WRs can do it, therefor putting all the pressure on VY to become a real NFL QB.
     
  7. ColtKiller

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    Tru dat....KC needs to have himself a breakout game to show he can truly carry the load because he's more or less going to have to against the Vikings run-D. And I love hearing all the Viking fans talking about us being 'much worse then our record shows' and the Titans not being the real deal because they haven't faced any competition. Hopefully their coaching staff writes us off too
     
  8. onetontitan

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    I hate that whole cop out "much worse than our record shows".

    We shut down Fred Taylor and MJD in week one, who, in my opinion, single handedly beat the colts last week (a team that beat the vikings).

    oh too quickly people write us off. We'll show them. Its at LP Field, our home. Our defense is going to DESTROY Adrian Peterson and Gus. Our offense may struggle a little, but with Finny and Griffin constantly picking off passes, we shouldn't have any problems. Also we lead the league in red zone efficiency (something I haven't seen in a LONG time, were'nt we dead last in the 07 season?)

    as Johnny Drama from "Entourage" fame says... "VICTORY!"
    (if you don't watch entourage, shoot yourself in the head)
     
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  9. Fry

    Fry Welcome to the land of tomorrow!

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  10. TitanJeff

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    This stuff usually boils down to turnovers and special teams.
     
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