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BSN Denver
12-06-2013, 05:22 PM
The Tennessee Titans started the season with a shocking 3-1 record. They quickly died down going 2-6 since then. Starting quarterback Jake Locker has failed to stay healthy and has only played in seven games this year and only five in their entirety.

The Titans were 4-2 when Jake Locker played at least three quarters. Backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick on the other hand is 1-5 this season when playing at least three quarters.

After the first Locker injury, fans had some optimism as he was only out for four weeks. He played only one full game after coming back from his hip injury. His second game back he went down with a foot injury against the Jacksonville Jaguars and then the week following the Jaguars game, Locker was placed on season ending injured reserve with a Lis Franc Sprain.

Tennessee has struggled heavily on the offensive side of the ball all year. They’ve only scored over 30 points once, and currently have the 20th ranked offense. Locker threw only four interceptions and fumbled three times in the seven games he has played in but Fitzpatrick has thrown seven interceptions and fumbled the ball eight times in only seven games.

The reason they were winning wasn’t do to Jake Locker scoring a ton of points. It was due to the fact that he wasn’t turning the ball over and the amazing play of the defense. The team is ranked in the top 10 in total defense. While they don’t have the best run stopping ability, they thrive on stopping the pass...CONTINUE READING (http://www.brandonspano.com/headlines.html?entry=breaking-down-the-titans)

Joel
12-06-2013, 09:41 PM
I'm just not buying their pass rush since they only have one guy with really impressive sack totals, and since he's a DT I feel like our inside guys are good enough to handle him, even if Ramirez may need help. After that, just keep an eye out for Pollard and don't throw at Verner (an approach his stats say few teams have taken, which may explain his 5 picks.) That's not to say they're pushovers (they're not BAD against the run, just not especially GOOD,) but if we keep Mannings jersey clean our receivers should be able to simply overwhelm them.

If we can contain CJ2K just most of the time without Wolfe and Vickerson that ought to be enough against Fitzpatricks unimpressive WRs and banged up TEs.