Jeff Fisher's frozen mustache passed for more yards than the Tennessee Titans did on Sunday. So did you. So did I. In the end, the Titans passed for -7 yards, lost 59-0, and left anyone with a pulse in Nashville wondering why Fisher is making $5 million a year. Eventually, Sunday made history, as the Patriots delivered the worst beating in an NFL game since 1976. And for those of us who watched every snap, the game wasn't even as close as the final score. Nope, 59-0 was as generous as Bill Belichick and the Patriots could have been in defeating the Titans.But merely reading about this game does the contest a disservice. To truly experience the defeat you had to be sitting on your couch, in a Titans t-shirt, jaw agape, amazed at what you were seeing. I've been alive for 30 football seasons now and never been so astounded at my team's incompetence. In fact, in my entire life as a sports fan, I've never seen a beating this bad in any sport. Here we go with 16 observations from the game.
1. The entire game had a dreamlike quality to it. Snow in mid-October? An icy field? The way points only materialized on one side of the scoreboard?
You felt like you were watching a Madden game between someone who had been playing for two decades and a novice gamer. What's more, everyone saw it because it was the national game on CBS.
I guarantee you that Fisher kept repeating to himself, "This is really happening, this is really happening" -- although he never seemed to raise his voice or react at all on the sideline. He looked like a mustachioed scientist who suddenly realized that a heretofore unimaginable theory, time travel for instance, was actually possible. And not just possible, happening right before his eyes.
I guarantee you that in 20 years, when NFL Films does a retrospective on this game, Fisher will admit that he found the beating obscenely transcendent, like Balloon Boy meets football.
2. The Patriots scored their second touchdown on a 40-yard flea flicker.
Let me repeat that, they scored on a flea flicker!
I'm asking this question honestly, has there ever been a greater divide between quarterback statistics in the history of the league -- for one quarterback to throw for 387 yards more than another? For six touchdowns to none?
If you've ever sought play-calling evidence that one team doesn't respect the talent level of another, calling this play was the perfect example. It's snowing and players have been losing their footing the entire game. Yet the Patriots hand the ball off in the snow, run a man into the line of scrimmage, have him pause with defenders all around him, turn away from the defense, toss a wet football back to their quarterback, have the quarterback field the wet toss, reposition the ball, survey the field still without a defender near him, and throw a laser to a wide-open Randy Moss.
Oh, and the Patriots are driving into the wind when they score.
Think about all the ways the Titans could have stopped this play from succeeding. Then think about all the things that have to go right for the Patriots to succeed with this play call.
The best part of this play was how Phil Simms criticized Titans' safety Chris Hope for not staying behind the receiver. Evidently he expects Hope to expect the flea flicker in this situation. On the sideline Hope had to be sitting around thinking, "What the f... Why'd I ever leave Pittsburgh?"
3. The Titans' "defense" of Randy Moss when they blitzed down 17-0.
Moss threw up his hand about two yards into the route to signify that he was wide open. At no point was he actually covered by a defender. Think about how hard this is to manage on a football field. The Titans didn't jam him at the line and get beat, they didn't throw a safety over the top and get beat off the line with hope that they'd have him covered deep. Nope, they allowed him to run unmolested down the field, beat two men, who were offering token resistance, and catch a ball in the end zone without touching him.
It's inexplicable.
Truly.
If you've ever wondered what you'd look like trying to cover Randy Moss in an NFL game, watch this play from beginning to end. It's like the Titans suddenly lined up your Aunt Irene on the most explosive wideout in the history of the game. And then told her to cover him.
Alone.
Wearing her dress and heels.
Not surprisingly, Moss scored from 28 yards out to make it 24-0.
4. At this point in the game, my wife left the room because she said I was too upset.
But I really wasn't. Why not? Because I started to believe we might truly witness something unbelievable. And isn't that why many of us watch sports to begin with? Because at some moment there might be something we've never seen before? And we can't stomach if we missed that happening.
Well, I didn't miss it.
5. Wes Welker scored to put New England up 38-0 on the Titans and there was no one within 20 yards of him when he caught the ball.
Again, true question: If you took seven average high school players, told them the defense, had them line up and play that pass defense, is there any way they could be in worse position than the Titans were on this touchdown pass?
I'm not saying the high school players need to make a tackle or do something incredible. All I'm asking is whether they could have been closer to Welker when the pass was competed. And, be still my heart, could they have touched him before he scored?
Just a grazing of the fingertip as he ran down the sideline.
They could, right?
Better question, what if you and six of your buddies that could all run 100 yards without needing an oxygen tank, lined up against the Patriots on that play. And the entire purpose of your defense was only to be close to the receivers if they happened to catch a pass.
Then, to your benefit, you only have to cover 30 yards on the field. Because that's how much the Titans had to cover on that play.
How pissed would you be if you gave up the Welker score and no one even touched him?
Pissed, right?
Now you know how Keith Bulluck felt as he walked off the field.
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Tennessee Titans quarterback Kerry Collins (5) fumbles the ball during the second half of their NFL football game against the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009. The Patriots defeated the Titans 59-0. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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New England Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovich (50) hauls down Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young (10) during the fourth quarter of their 59-0 win in a NFL football game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
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New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman, left, is brought down by Tennessee Titans cornerback Cary Williams, right, in the second half of an NFL football game in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009. The Patriots beat the Titans 59-0. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) talks to New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss, left, in the third quarter of their NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday afternoon, Oct. 18, 2009. Brady was 29 of 34 for 380 yards and six touchdowns in less than three full quarters of play as the Patriots defeated the Titans 59-0. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher, center, and quarterback Kerry Collins (5) leave the field after their 59-0 loss to the New England Patriots in a NFL football game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
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Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher walks along the sidelines in the third quarter of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009. The Patriots defeated the Titans 59-0. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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New England Patriots head coach Bill Bill Belichick listens to the referees during their 59-0 win over the Tennessee Titans in a NFL football game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws a pass wide receiver Sam Aiken as running back Laurence Maroney (39) and Patriots offensive lineman Sebastian Vollmer (76) block during the third quarter of their NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday afternoon, Oct. 18, 2009. Brady was 29 of 34 for 380 yards and six touchdowns in less than three quarters of play as the Patriots defeated the Titans 59-0. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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6. Has there ever been a more disappointing football performance from a team in a season?
Keep in mind that the Titans had the best record in football last year. They returned 20 of 22 starters. Vegas had them as one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl. In fact, I bet on the TItans back in August at 20-1 odds just because I always want to bet on my team when I'm in Vegas.
And now we're 0-6.
Again, if we'd known we were going to suck, we could have handled it. But this entire season has been the equivalent of the scene in "Old School" when Mitch came home and found out his live-in girlfriend liked threesomes when he was out of town.
I really want nominations for a greater variety between a season's expectations and their reality. I think the Titans might be setting a new benchmark.
7. What's the most amazing thing about the five touchdowns in a single quarter?
Think about how hard it is to get five possessions in a quarter. Then think about how hard it is to get five possessions in a quarter when the other team has possession of the football to begin the quarter, meaning you actually have to score five touchdowns in under ten minutes of playing time. Then think about how hard it is to score on five consecutive possessions. Then think about how hard it is to score five touchdowns. Then think about how hard it is to score five touchdowns all by passes.
Seriously, if you think about this for too long it's the football equivalent of trying to determine what happens if a snake starts to eat its own tail.
Yep, the end result makes you dizzy.
8. Tom Brady's numbers on the day: 29-of-34 for 380 yards, six touchdowns. Kerry Collins's numbers on the day: 2-of-12, -7 yards, 1 interception.
I'm asking this question honestly, has there ever been a greater divide between quarterback statistics in the history of the league -- for one quarterback to throw for 387 yards more than another? For six touchdowns to none?
When was the last time a quarterback threw for negative yardage? Plumbing the intricacies of this game's statistics is going to break several computers. You already got that sense. For instance, it took over an hour for CBS to confirm that 45-0 was the greatest halftime deficit in NFL history.
9. Combining Brady and Brian Hoyer, the Patriots' quarterbacks were 38-for-45 for 432 yards.
People who didn't watch this weather won't even understand how remarkable this performance was. Even completing 85 percent of the passes in this game without a defense against you would have been pretty decent. A wet ball, the windy conditions, the snow, the wet field, wet hands -- all of these things should have led to a less than sterling passing game.
The Titans are making a run at worst pass defense in NFL history. Every quarterback but Mark Sanchez has thrown for over 300 yards against them this season.
If Chuck Cecil's job was in question before today, after today he should be packing up his desk at the Titans' facility.
10. LenDale White's fumble and then leaving the field on a cart.
I think White is going to be back on Tequila after tonight. If I was him, while I was in the locker room, I would have bought an entire case of Patron and had it delivered to my house in Nashville.
11. My friend Tardio texted me at halftime to ask if we could get a running clock for the second half.
12. If the flea-flicker play represented offensive perfection, the default best example of the Patriots' brilliance on the day, then the Titans' 4th-and-10 play call on the first drive of the second half has to be the exact opposite result, perfect evidence of futility.
A reverse?
Really?
On 4th and 10? Somehow, Collins completed a pass to Nate Washington that lost 22 yards. And ended in a fumble.
13. In fact, let's review the Titans' turnovers today. Because seeing them makes you feel even worse about the effort.
a. LenDale White fumbles
b. Kerry Collins fumbles the quarterback-center exchange on the next play
c. Kerry Collins intercepted on an awful throw (at this point the Titans have three turovers in five plays)
d. Vince Young intercepted on an awful throw, the second offensive play for him in the game.
e. Ahmard Hall, perhaps troubled over the 'r' in his name, fumbles on a fourth-down conversion.
My point? All five of these are awful, awful turnovers. They aren't effort plays, where your team is trying so hard to make a great play that they fail. Similarly, they aren't spectacular defensive plays. They were just awful offensive errors.
14. How many years does Jeff Fisher really get?
I need to do a column on this instead of just tossing it in as an observation, but Jeff Fisher hasn't won a playoff game since 2003. Moreover he's won just two playoff games this decade. He's been to the Super Bowl once in 16 seasons -- counting this one -- with the Oilers/Titans. His career record is now 128-108.
During Fisher's tenure at Tennessee, Brian Billick, Jon Gruden and Mike Shanahan have won four combined Super Bowls and been fired from their head coaching jobs.
Don't the Titans really seriously have to think about keeping Fisher around? Especially when, as now, this team is apparently riddled with holes on defense and in need of a new quarterback and a new start. What has Fisher really done in 16 years that makes you believe he can win a championship? Or, for that matter, a playoff game?
What's more, the team quit today. They also quit against Jacksonville and against the Colts. That's three quitting efforts in a row. Most coaches don't get that luxury.
15. Finally, even the refs were just ready for this game to end. They didn't call an obvious safety on Vince Young after, you guessed it, a mishandled snap that rolled into the Titans' end zone.
In fact, as bad as it was, the Patriots left 12 points on the field. The Titans stopped one drive at their own 2, the Patriots missed a 39 yard field goal, and the safety should have been called.
The more accurate final score in this game was 71-0.
What's more, the Patriots didn't score for the entire fourth quarter, it was 59-0 at the end of the third. Honest question, how many points could the Patriots have scored if they'd left Brady in for the entire game? 80? 90?
Ouch.
16. I'll even admit it. A part of me was disappointed that Belichick didn't challenge the Vince Young safety.
I've watched football my entire life, and never seen such a mismatched performance. The safety to end the game, and give a final score of 61-0, had a certain measure of beauty, like the world's ugliest dog. But, sadly, on this day, the Titans just claimed the title for world's ugliest football team.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-19-2009 @ 8:21AM
john said...
I know it was only the Titans, but if you looked at the standings after week 2 when the Jets beat the PATS people were saying the Jets are the team to beat in the division. Certainly when the next week they won and went 3-0 people were saying Jets are for real. 3 short weeks later PATS are where everyone thought they would be, and the Jets, come on. Sanchez showed his true colors yesterday at home to the Bills. Rex start kissin' Bill's rings. I love the Raiders this week they are a lock.
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10-19-2009 @ 8:39AM
Mike said...
First off, very funny article....sorry it had to be inspired by such a horrific performance on the part of your home team. As a Pats fan who has been alive for 47 NFL season, I can relate.
Second, it's refreshing to see such an objective perspective. I suppose that comes in part from the fact you actually WATCHED the game, unlike some of the idiotic Pats haters who only needed to see the score to jump from their seats yelling "Classless Patriots running up the score".
Seriously...there are MANY of them out there. The Pats even went for it on 4th and 7 from the Titan 11, which had the haters up and yelling again "Classless Patriots...going for it on 4th down instead of just kicking the FG!".
Now for most SANE and INTELLIGENT football fans, we know that going for it on 4th and 7 was the Patriots saying "cmon....PLEASE stop us. It's 4th and 7....no one gets these. We're not going to take the easy three and run up the score, we want you to play football and stop us.....we even have our backup QB playing...an UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT ROOKIE....so stop us...PLEASE!".
Anyway, I only got to watch the first 7 Patriot touchdowns as the network decided the Bills/Jets game was far more interesting to us here in Alabama, and I must admit.....it was. Even though it seemed that Mark Sanchez was auditioning for the Bills backup job after Trent Edwards was noggin-knocked. I think he'll get it with the 5 passes he completed to Bills' defenders.
Keep your chin up. The best thing about losing 59-0? The odds of it happening next week is next to zero....of course, that's what we also thought about a starting QB passing for negative yardage.
Peace!
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10-19-2009 @ 8:43AM
jwfusco said...
I love the Pats!! I just wanted the refs to called the game after the half as they would in a boxing match. There was no joy in watching a team (who I have been a fan since the 70's) beat another team the way the Pats did yesterday.
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10-19-2009 @ 9:32AM
billnbstn said...
Clay, Please accept our sincere sympathy for your loss.
But you must remember, for we in Patriot Nation, there was no joy in the watching this train wreck in the end. Just like watching the baby stroller fall off the platform we turned our heads in aghast but knew the ending would turn out to be ok.
Shame be on your beloved 2008, 13-3 Titans. They laid down in the snow.
Thank you for your clever evisceration of the Titans' performance and the tribute to the Patriots. Let it be known now to the rest of the NFL, Tom Brady is back, there is no hope for the rest.
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10-19-2009 @ 10:53AM
canny410 said...
Hilarious article. Now I'm sad I missed the game and instead watched the Jets and Giants lose not nearly as interestingly. Five touchdowns in one quarter is both sad and amazing.
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10-19-2009 @ 11:04AM
flyboy4000 said...
I am one of millions of fans that feel we have been robbed of our pride and of our baseball and football, and we all are damn frustrated by this illusion that WE THE PEOPLE OF CLEVELAND do not deserve the same rights to have competent people owning our sports franchises. Our tax dollars paid for state of the art facilities to house respectable, competive teams that bring a sense of community spirit to our city borders... We have received absolutely no returns on our investments with the Dolan family and the Lerner family, infact both families have swindled our community out of more dollars than all the gigh profile scam artists put together. Call me crazy or what you will, but I think a community after investing billions of tax dollars outta have some returns on their investments in the way of championships for this generation of fans that flipped the bill out right. The power of the pen should never be mistaken. Millions of us turn on our televisions and hear the jokes told around the country of how our city is a city of losers. Opposing teams laugh that we give our talent away for nothing and we are living on past dreams of teams who actually fielded players that took pride in wearing a Cleveland Indian or Cleveland Brown uniform, but now a day, we are at the mercy of two men armed with the excuses of the rich, that building winners take time.... championships are hard to grab hold of.... in the case of the Indians it has been since 1948 that we won a championship, the Browns last won a championship in 1964, that is respectfully 61 years and 45 years, combination of 106 years of losing, over a century of losing teams, wiping out generations of fans who never experienced a winner, but paid their hard earned tax dollars to have home teams. Randy Lerner and Larry Dolan have one thing in common as far as a true fans eyes can see, there's no hope that either of these rich little white men care about the games they are so privledged to be part of.... so what can Clevelanders do besides deny themselves the full life of having a local sports team to root for? We have hope with Dan Gilbert cause he gets it. He at least tries to win at all cost. And we reward him with sellouts. It's called ownership pride and having a sense that the owner gives something back to the community he resides in. So though we the fans think we are powerless because we have seen the traitors Art Model and Al Lerner rip our hearts and souls out when they moved our beloved storied franchise to Baltimore, we have become fearful that if we speak up too much, these men will take their balls to another city and leave us without the game we all so treasure. Two greedy rich men have that much power in Cleveland Ohio... they are Larry Dolan and Randy Lerner. It's only two men people. We have powerful numbers because their are millions of us, who simply want a fair, competive ball game, and we have put our money up on the table, and it has been taken year after year by both of these greedy souls. We have been branded losers by two men and the owners they came before them. We should not fear them leaving but in reality these two men staying, for we no in our hearts they are solely responsible for the image of both sports franchises. We the fans packed both the Jake and The Browns Stadium with support, we did our jobs, we built them state of the art facilities, and we entrusted them that they would make good decisions for our hard earned tax dollars, yet we all no they each delivered zero returns for a combination of 106 years of straight losing. Bottom line is there is not one trophy anywhere on display. Both of these men have no honor in their decisions to give back. So my plan is to use the power of words to reach the millions of people who want the same things I want, a competive sportstown with competent gms coaches and players, and a press that uses the power of their voices and pens collectively two pressure these two little rich kids that take us for granted. It is a privledge not a right to own a sports franchise when there are so few... and they do not have the right to just collect money without returns.... so now lets take about bringing it strong, like a radio talk show host claims daily from the wknr radio show at 850am... Tony Rizzo and Goldhammer claim that we are served crap, Michael R. says bring it strong, Kenny Rhoda screams that are teams are pathetic, Tony Grossi, Mary Kay Cabot, Bill Livinston, Terry Pluto, Jeff Schudel, you all cash checks and make a living off these pathetic teams.... Mark Munch Bishop and Bruce Drennan, all of you claim you love Cleveland.... guess what show us get our backs for a change and take your damn voices and pens collectively and start standing up two these lazy athletes and two rich white guys that destroyed baseball and football, bring it strong Michael.... call for them to sell now on your shows and in your papers... bring the heat you can to turn the city you all love around sportswise.... I am calling on you to bring it strong like I did....do it it its your job. How many more damn decades are you all gonna watch safely from your perches, quietly cash your checks and be part of the scam of these two owners... we need you. we do not have the forum you all enjoy... plaster these two faces alongside of their records.... you might think I'm calling you out, but you all say you love Cleveland.... show us the money buddies cause its time to fire up the troops and get our city back from this pitiful trend.... bring it strong.... bring it hard.... and don't stop until they give our teams back.... Our two Cy Young winners are gonna determine the World Series this year because Larry Dolan won't pay them, yet it took billions from the fans.... Pittsburgh hoisrted a trophy, yet Lerner dumps crap on us.... stop telling us fans we need to rebuild for 3/4 years, or wait til next year, or handing them excuses that cupboards are bare..... show us that you can bring it strong with your voices and pens... if my blog don't fire you up, you do not love sports and/or Cleveland.... Im frustrated and you outta be frustrated too. This city deserves winners. Be a winner and get it done. You may not agree with everything I say or do, but I do love my home town, and kids in Cleveland deserve to feel the Browns win and Indians win.
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10-19-2009 @ 2:53PM
leftyblue9 said...
Flyboy, c'mon! Your War & Peace-length 10 page comment on the sorry state of the Browns & Indians was waaaay too much. Don't you have a life to live? I mowed my lawn, fed my family, brought about universal health care, found a cure for swine flu and and sent a flying saucer ballon to the moon with my son inside in the time it took you to write that letter. Besides, get a grip, IT'S CLEVELAND! At least you got LeBron.
10-19-2009 @ 4:23PM
Geezer said...
This post is the very definition of tl;dr.
10-19-2009 @ 1:21PM
Stephanie Stradley said...
Clay-
When David Carr was with the Texans in 2006, he got negative passing yards in a WIN against the Raiders. He was so bad, the coaches only let him hand the ball off in the second half.
I'm guessing that doesn't make you feel any better.
-Steph
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10-19-2009 @ 2:01PM
hlawrence said...
I woke up after the early games started. I checked my fantasy line up and noticed that I still had Peyton Manning (bye week)as my starter. My back-up played in the early game so I added Kerry Collins. He ended the day with -6pts. I lost my game by 4pts. So basically I pulled a "Vandy" and snatched defeat from the jaws of victory...if only I'd started Peyton's bye.
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10-19-2009 @ 4:27PM
Geezer said...
Well, at least the Titans have a bye next week, so they might only lose 41-0.
Meanwhile, the Pats have the equivalent of a paid vacation and another practice scrimmage, because that's all the Patriots-Bucs game in London will amount to.
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10-19-2009 @ 4:50PM
danz857 said...
The curse of the terrible towel.. this is what the ahole tits get for stomping on the terrbile towel last years.........good luck losers
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10-19-2009 @ 6:25PM
SFC EBERHARDT said...
What the Pats did to the Titans was unprofessional
Tom Brady got a couple more of does "Ruffing the Brady" calls again. The way they played just gives the NFL a black eye on this sport. What happened to fair play and sportsmanship?
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10-20-2009 @ 7:34AM
Mike said...
SFC....did you grow up in the "no-scoring Tee-ball" era? Those ridiculous leagues where "everyone's a winner"? It sounds to me like this is the case....spare feelings and delude kids into thinking life is fair and there are no losers.
Just what did the Patriots do that was "unsportsmanlike"? Pull their starting QB with over 25 minutes in the game? Replace him UNDRAFTED rookie free agent QB who had NEVER taken a snap in a real game and allow him to play as if he was in a real NFL game?
Perhaps your upset that the Patriots hit the open receivers instead of covered ones and traumatized the secondary of Tennessee? Do you think the Pats should have just ran the ball, even though they lost two of their starting running backs in the past two weeks just so they can spare the Titans feelings?
As the author clearly and objectively stated, the Patriots took the foot off the gas after 35 minutes. I have NO IDEA why anyone with an ounce of common sense would suggest any team quit playing with 45% of the game still unfinished. This score could have been 80-0 without the Pats breaking a sweat.
Listen....just because one team quit after the first quarter does not obligate the other team to do so as well.
You really need to switch sports. Go back to the no-scoring Tee-ball league where you can lie to kids and leave them ill-prepared for life in the real world.....the one that always has winners and losers.
10-24-2009 @ 11:58AM
Ling Wong said...
I agree with Mike, don't know what SFC's problem is. Brady was out after the first series of the second half - if not the score could easily been in the 70's, 80's or 90's. When Hope hit Brady with the top of his helmet (Spearing - which has been illegal for years) the score was still manageable (24-0 Pats).
At any point in the past 5-6 years such a hit - leading with the crown/top of your helmet - would have resulted in a penalty and fine no matter if it was the QB, RB, or WR who was hit on the play. And it seems that the Titan safeties were all leading with the top of their helmets - did you see the hit on Randy Moss? Top of the helmet to the chin. Should have also been a penalty.
There are rules against chop blocks, crack back blocks, and blocks at the knee. 300 pound defensive players are protected, why not the QB?
10-19-2009 @ 9:51PM
King Dave said...
I've been a Patriots fan for a long time and I live in Tennessee, when the Titans came I didn't care,wasn't going to dump my team NEP.I knew itwas the Titan comedy hour about to happen and it was, ha , I got soo many ugly looks today when people passed my by and saw my chrome patriots logo on my back windshield. oh well i expect it. but i must say the Titans need a new head coach,QB,WR,etc.. hell fire everyone and start from scratch, If they were smart they'd get Michael Vick for about 10 mil as a starter,just to get it goin cant hurt,then get a coach like say maybe Bill Cower at least he has passion, Fisher should coach girls mudwrestling so he can stay drunk and blow a whistle and observe some ass,cause he hasn't been doing squat for Nashville. to me The Team have been a curse to Nashville and the taxpayers who's property tax goes up every year in order to maintain the freakin stadium,I say tear it down like they did Opryland, but hey, I loved Opryland has anyone ever been there? go Pats!
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10-20-2009 @ 1:38AM
AFootballFan said...
It's a shame that the Tennessee Titans are not motivated to win. It seems the coaches and players don't have the zeal for the game anymore. They have this casual attitude about the losses. Nashville has a minor-league football team called the Nashville Storm that are undefeated (11-0) and headed for the NAFL Championship in Miami, Florida. Maybe the Titans should visit that team for motivation or should I say replacements.
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10-20-2009 @ 7:55AM
theparka said...
Please, trash the Houston Oilers costumes! It is the Tennessee Titans now, so much for old times sake, we need the Titans to return.
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10-20-2009 @ 3:46PM
IMPACTORS said...
Commend the Titans players for dealing with this turmoil for this long. It started when the coach brought in a quarterback with the same views of a Rush Limbaugh, then proceeded to tell the media that the NFL Rookie MVP may be impractical, to the dismay, of team, owner, and fans.
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