The Other Sports Thread (Titans, Vols, Dores, etc) - Part VII

[Pred303]

come on Saints, beat these guys. make next sunday important.

 

[LCPreds]

OK. The stage is set for the Titans to win one and go to the playoffs.

Or to look at it another way, the stage is set for the Titans to lose another game against Andrew Luck.

 

[Legionnaire11]

It may not be the postseason, but the Titans are in a playoff game next week.

 

[Legionnaire11]

So it's been brought up that it's still technically possible for the Titans to get the #2 seed and a first round bye. Depending on week 17, they can finish anywhere from 2nd-8th (except 5th)

To get #2 we need:
Titans win
Patriots lose
Ravens lose
Texans lose


#3 seed (one home game)
Titans win
Texans lose
Ravens or Patriots lose

#4 seed (one home game)
Titans win
Texans lose

#6 seed
Titans win

 

[NoNecksCurse]

Yeah let's just sign some QB off the street in free agency. Surely he will he better than Mariota.../s

you would rather lock up big money long term to keep an injury prone decent QB? dallas is about to screw themselves with Dak and i guess we can go ahead and do the same.

 

[LCPreds]

you would rather lock up big money long term to keep an injury prone decent QB? dallas is about to screw themselves with Dak and i guess we can go ahead and do the same.

My problem with losing Marcus is it likely means the Titans are screwed until they get another top pick. Which probably means another decade of sucking.

 

[NoNecksCurse]

My problem with losing Marcus is it likely means the Titans are screwed until they get another top pick. Which probably means another decade of sucking.

i can't say you are wrong. it's a tough situation.

 

[PredsV82]

How does NFL free agency work? If they dont offer Mariota a long term deal can he walk?

A decent QB can usually be had later in the draft if you scout well. Give Mariota a 3 year deal and draft a potential successor who carries the clipboard a couple of years.

 

[Drake744]

Yeah I don't really buy into the whole "need a high pick to draft a QB" thing. It has the big name factor that comes with it but plenty of QBs like Brady, Wilson, Brees, Rodgers, etc weren't top 5 picks or anything.

 

[Montross]

My problem with losing Marcus is it likely means the Titans are screwed until they get another top pick. Which probably means another decade of sucking.

Like I said before the Titans are in a lose-lose situation with Mariota. Either have to pay him huge dollars (that he’s not worth) or cut bait and try to find another QB again. This guy is inconsistent as they come and can’t stay healthy. Yet I fully expect TN to pay him to be the QB here for many more years. IMO that is a mistake, but I understand why they are going to do it.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

How you win in the NFL.

Superstar QB or a young QB who is good but not franchise caliber but isn't making a lot of money. Mariota is not a superstar QB and he's going to get paid, so move on and draft a replacement and hope he's better.

 

[Armourboy]

I figured they would end up just franchise tagging him for a year or two just to give themselves more time. Yeah you pay him top dollar, but you aren't stuck with a bad contract .

 

[LCPreds]

Yeah I don't really buy into the whole "need a high pick to draft a QB" thing. It has the big name factor that comes with it but plenty of QBs like Brady, Wilson, Brees, Rodgers, etc weren't top 5 picks or anything.

Brady is a unicorn. There’s not a lot of great qbs in recent memory at your ‘etc.’ mark either.

And I’m still not wholly convinced that all of the mediocrity is squarely on Marcus. None of the guys listed above had 4 offenses in 4 years. Rodgers has a chance to sit and learn for 3-4 years and didn’t exactly come into a bare cupboard type situation. Brees sucked just as much as Marcus early on though did finally get it going in what would be equivalent to this season.

I do think Marcus has potential to be above average, not great, but it’s going to require his body to stop giving out on him. That dude is like your buddy who tells you he threw his back out sneezing.

 

[TitansVolsPreds615]

you would rather lock up big money long term to keep an injury prone decent QB? dallas is about to screw themselves with Dak and i guess we can go ahead and do the same.

Absolutely would rather have Marcus than take a chance on someone like Case Keenum.

 

[TitansVolsPreds615]

How you win in the NFL.

Superstar QB or a young QB who is good but not franchise caliber but isn't making a lot of money. Mariota is not a superstar QB and he's going to get paid, so move on and draft a replacement and hope he's better.

The Titans need an OL more than they need a new QB. A pass rush as well.

 

[Drake744]

Absolutely would rather have Marcus than take a chance on someone like Case Keenum.

I was having this exact debate with someone last night. Granted, he's a secondary Titans fan and the Vikings are his favorite team so he's biased after what happened last year.

 

[Drake744]

If the Preds had a 7:00 game Sunday night do you think we'd make an effort to move it up to 4 or 5:00 because of the Titans game? Regardless of the feelings about them, I'm curious. I know a lot goes into it like travel and scheduling but the league and hypothetical other team would have to sign off on it right? I'm guessing the league only allows that in situations like incoming blizzards.

 

[Adz]

If the Preds had a 7:00 game Sunday night do you think we'd make an effort to move it up to 4 or 5:00 because of the Titans game? Regardless of the feelings about them, I'm curious. I know a lot goes into it like travel and scheduling but the league and hypothetical other team would have to sign off on it right? I'm guessing the league only allows that in situations like incoming blizzards.

I doubt it, but you can be sure they'd have the game on in the concourse. If it was flipped and the game was on at say, 4 and our game at 7 they have been known to open up the arena early and let people watch on the tron. It was early in the Preds existence, but there was at least 1 football game shown before our game. I think it was Vols but may have been Titans.

 

[TitansVolsPreds615]

I doubt it, but you can be sure they'd have the game on in the concourse. If it was flipped and the game was on at say, 4 and our game at 7 they have been known to open up the arena early and let people watch on the tron. It was early in the Preds existence, but there was at least 1 football game shown before our game. I think it was Vols but may have been Titans.

I think I remember watching a Vols game on the jumbotron prior to warmups. It's been a while.

 

[sparkle twin]

If the Preds had a 7:00 game Sunday night do you think we'd make an effort to move it up to 4 or 5:00 because of the Titans game? Regardless of the feelings about them, I'm curious. I know a lot goes into it like travel and scheduling but the league and hypothetical other team would have to sign off on it right? I'm guessing the league only allows that in situations like incoming blizzards.

I think yes. I remember years ago there was the opposite situation. The titans played a home game (it may have even been a playoff game) at 3pm or 3:30 and the Preds were able to move their game back to 7:30 to allow people to go to both and avoid all the traffic headaches that come with an NFL game. Obviously that's not hours time difference, but they did move the start time.

I also remember the penguins moving game times from night to afternoon games for Steelers games.

I think as long as neither team played Saturday night, or the teams agreed to the change, you would probably be ok getting league approval to move the game up a few hours.

 

[Gnashville]

Anyone wondering how Vandy lost it’s game check out these plays

 

[Armourboy]

Jesus how do you miss those

 

[TitansVolsPreds615]

Vandy also lost by playing 0 defense

 

[LCPreds]

I don’t watch a lot of cfb but the two times I’ve looked over past 2 days I’ve seen blowouts. Auburn/Purdue and Florida/Michigan. I think the playoff starts shortly so hopefully it’s much better than that...

 

[PredsV82]

ND being exposed for the sham that they have been all year.