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Looked like Brown and one other WR on the right side weren't set and Josh just snapped the ball without checking.

Ok that was a tricky blitz. Great design by Tenn. Hard to pin that one on anyone. Ford had to cover a lot of ground to get the outside.

CBS halftime guys are all drooling over our defense. We stop the HOF traditional passers. We stop the mobile threats. Is this D better than prime Takeo Spikes, London Fletcher, Pat WIlliams, et. al? Might have to make a thread and poll it.

44 seconds and 3 timeouts and we run a WR screen and let the clock run. I think that says a lot about Daboll's comfort level with Josh right now.

LOL Lee Smith. He can walk and chew gum at the same time but if you ask him to also catch a football things get dicey.

Nice job there by Josh. He goes through the progressions and has the patience to eventually find Duke. Accurate throw.

Jordan Phillips is a monster. Edit: have to give credit to Shaq Lawson too. He beat the double team and blew up the play which forced Mariota right into Phillips.

Maybe. Have to credit that Titans' DB for a great play getting his arm in there.

Great catch by Beasley on the 100 mph floater at his feet. Such a good pick up for us.

I love this defense!!! Edit: I do not love our special teams ?

Murphy!!

Oh man. If there was any doubt about Josh being fully recovered from last week it should be gone now. What a hit!

So far I've commented on Singletary, the Titans' improved team, our good luck on that BS holding call to start the game..so yes. I also comment when I see people incorrectly diagnose a play. That happens most frequently with Josh because so many posters try to blame his mistakes on other parts of the offense.

That sack is 100% on Josh. He fails to read the blitz and adjust, and then misses Beasley on the hot route. That can't happen and is a perfect example of what a bunch of us were saying in that thread about our Oline Next Gen stats. Even the announcers picked up on it.

Sure looked like he had Knox early on the crossing route.

Is Josh seeing ghosts? Why did he run there?

Duke in there in place of Zay. Interesting.

Wow what a gift on that holding penalty. Titans have a very stout Oline. Mariota stood back there forever on on those throws with no pressure.

Based on their start to the season I think you can say the same about the Titans. These look like two evenly matched teams to me. Should be a good one.

Of course our linemen get beat. I think you guys are getting too caught up in the 2nd overall ranking. The number is 63%, as in 37% of the time our linemen get beat one on one within 2.5 seconds of the ball being snapped (i.e. the average time it takes an NFL QB to throw the ball).

True but that's because everyone's been underestimating Frank Gore. We're getting to the point where Gore needs help. He's 36 after all. Bet it looks a lot like last year's game. This is just a tough match up for Josh. Hopefully he's up to the mental challenge with pre-snap reads and getting the ball out quickly.

No Singletary? This feels like a game where we might really need him. Lots of butterflies heading into this one.

The one thing I will say against Daboll, and this is entirely based on John Brown's comment, but pairing a sophisticated offense with an unsophisticated QB feels like a recipe for disaster. Our biggest problem as an offense is probably Josh's inability to decipher blitz and coverage schemes. Could that be related to the fact that he's having to process so much already within our offense?

As I understand it the INC evaluates the injured player after participation in the first practice back in addition to reviewing whatever diagnostics performed by the team, including baseline measurements. In the case of QBs who typically aren’t taking hits at practice, how do they know whether the injured player is fully recovered? Do they put QBs through some special set of drills (e.g. practicing ball security while taking sacks) that they wouldn’t normally do in order to simulate contact? I feel like it would be a lot easier to game the system with a QB than say a LBer. Anyways, glad Josh got through it. If nothing else this means he isn’t experiencing headaches or other concussion symptoms anymore. Hopefully he’s able to bounce back from his performance last week.

No doubt you guys eye balling from the upper deck have a much better read than paid employees pouring through game film with software ? Part of the problem is Josh is holding the ball too long, not always but too often. I think the bigger issue is he's still having trouble identifying where rushers are coming from and so we're not in the right protections a lot of the time. I will admit he's getting better at that though. That SI article did a nice job pointing out ways Daboll has helped the issue with pre-snap motions which force the defense to show coverage schemes but you can't do that every down. I agree that there have been issues on the right side but for the most part we've looked so much better than last year it's night and day. Credit Beane and Bobby J for bringing in help and coaching them up.