Titans promote Downing to OC

The truth is we don’t know if it was a good pick or a bad pick. There is such a small body of work in extenuating circumstances that there is not enough information to really pass judgment on him.

 

It will be really hard for Downing and the Titans offense to put up numbers like it did this year....We all know that Tanny and Henry are due to regress a little because they both have been on such tremendous runs of exceptional play. Keeping continuity is important especially with an uncertain offseason...I’m totally fine with this promotion.

 

I just hope the new OC understands that taking Henry off the field on nearly every third down, tells the defense we are throwing the ball!

The titans OC should have been a very sought after job, when you consider that in the last 3 years, the last two are now Head Coaches of Packers and the Falcons.

 

Its interesting to see Vrabel make two safe, risk averse choices.

You'd think a guy who likes to take a lot of risky 4th down plays would maybe throw caution to the wind a bit more with his OC/DC selections.

 

I dont know about the OC (dont know about the DC either) but I feel like Vrabel just wants a total yes man as the DC. Vrabel considers himself the DC and doesnt realize he sucks ass as a DC

 

I don’t see Bowen as risk averse. Keeping him was a huge risk.

 

Fair, and I agree. I commented somewhere else that Vrabels job comes into question in 12 months now, if the defence stays the same.

 

Although he occasionally flips the script entirely and goes more conservative than Jeff Fisher. Note the 4th and 2 punt.
Sometimes it's inexplicable. I think Bowen falls into that category, not so much Downing, to me.

 

The O stays the same or improves with Downing, as it should.

If the D doesn't improve, Vrabel will be in the same situation as Mularkey, fire Bowen or youre done.

Like I've said Vrabel's ego will be the undoing of the D