Mar 242013
 

I have never liked the idea of giving a guard a lot of money, but the Titans desperately needed guard help and Levitre will instantly turn the left guard position into a position of major strength. Plus, Levitre got less money than Davin Joseph (7 years, 52.5 million with 19 million guaranteed), Carl Nicks (5 [...]

Mar 122013
 

I really didn’t think anyone would sign Delanie Walker other than the 49ers. Because of his specific role in their system, he was more valuable to them as a 2nd tight end than to anyone else. Apparently the Titans disagreed as they outbid the 49ers for him and will pay him like a starter, giving [...]

Feb 222013
 

The Titans had arguably the worst safety play in the NFL last season, a huge part of the reason why they ranked 24th in the NFL against the pass and dead last in the NFL in points allowed. Michael Griffin was ProFootballFocus’ 86th ranked safety out of 88 eligible, leading the NFL with 22 missed [...]

Jan 092013
 

After going 9-7 with one of the NFL’s youngest rosters in 2011 (26th in average age heading into the season), the Titans had a lot of hope for this season. Jake Locker was supposed to be an upgrade over veteran game manager Matt Hasselbeck at quarterback. Receiver Kenny Britt was finally supposedly healthy and Chris [...]

Dec 302012
 

Jacksonville Jaguars (2-13) at Tennessee Titans (5-10) Aside from this being a divisional matchup, this is a completely meaningless game for these two teams. Both are out of the playoffs by a long shot. I have a rule against making significant plays on completely meaningless games. If the teams might not care about a game, [...]

Dec 282012
 

Last week: 25 (+0) Record: 5-10 Net points per drive: -0.89 (31st) DVOA: -32.5% (31st) Weighted DVOA: -32.0% (31st) Studs LT Michael Roos: Allowed 1 quarterback hit on 41 pass block snaps RT Byron Stingily: Allowed 1 quarterback hit on 41 pass block snaps, run blocked for 2 yards on 3 attempts LE Derrick Morgan: [...]

Dec 212012
 

Last week: 24 (-1) Record: 5-9 Net points per drive: -0.65 (29th) DVOA: -25.9% (29th) Weighted DVOA: -23.0% (28th) The Titans somehow pulled out a win at home on Monday Night Football, despite having more penalties (14) than first downs (12) and almost more punts (10). This is because the Jets turned the ball over [...]

Dec 132012
 

Last week: 24 (+0) Record: 4-9 Net points per drive: -0.76 (29th) DVOA: -29.1% (29th) Weighted DVOA: -27.1% (29th) The Titans have been worse than their record all season and after coming up short against another team who is worse than their record, the Colts, the Titans sit at 4-9, which is still better than [...]

Dec 062012
 

Tennessee Titans (4-8) at Indianapolis Colts (8-4) Last week, I bet against the Colts because I felt they were an overrated team and the Lions were an underrated team. I felt the Colts were overrated because they’ve had a very easy schedule and they’ve actually had a -43 points differential despite their then 7-4 record. [...]

Dec 062012
 

Last week: 26 (+2) Record: 4-8 Net points per drive: -0.8 (29th) DVOA: -28.9% (29th) Weighted DVOA: -26.6% (29th) Studs C Fernando Velasco: Allowed 1 quarterback hurry on 62 pass block snaps, run blocked for 14 yards on 3 attempts CB Alterraun Verner: Allowed 4 catches for 27 yards on 7 attempts, 1 pass deflection, [...]

Nov 292012
 

Last week: 23 (-3) Record: 4-7 Net points per drive: -0.77 (30th) DVOA: -28.9% (29th) Weighted DVOA: -28.8% (29th) Tier 7: Terrible Studs CB Alterraun Verner: Allowed 2 catches for 26 yards on 7 attempts, 1 interception, 2 pass deflections, 4 solo tackles, 1 assist, 1 stop, 2 missed tackles LOLB Zach Brown: 2 sacks [...]

Nov 222012
 

Tennessee Titans (4-6) at Jacksonville Jaguars (1-9) One of the most powerful trends applies to road favorites after a bye. Since 2002, teams are 44-15 ATS as road favorites right after a bye, including 22-3 ATS as divisional road favorites off a bye. I only heavily bet on this trend when the road favorite deserves [...]

Nov 102012
 

Tennessee Titans (3-6) at Miami Dolphins (4-4) Jake Locker returns this week for the Titans. It’s amazing. It’s almost as if his shoulder magically healed as soon as veteran backup Matt Hasselbeck had a bad game. Locker has more upside definitely and is the right quarterback for this team right now, because they’re not going [...]

Oct 312012
 

Last week: 25 (-3) Record: 3-5 The Titans were overrated going into their overtime loss to the Colts last week. Despite their 3-4 record, they had the league’s worst points differential, winning 3 games by a combined 7 points and losing 4 by a combined 96 points. That’s continued into this week as they are [...]

Oct 192012
 

Tennessee Titans (2-4) at Buffalo Bills (3-3) These two teams are actually very, very similar. Tennessee ranks 29th in yards per play differential and Buffalo ranks 30th. Buffalo also ranks 30th in rate of sustaining drives differential, while Tennessee ranks 31st. I picked both teams for big plays last week because, in addition to other [...]