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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.

My personal view is that if you get knocked out or have your bell rung in a car wreck type of hit you shouldn't play the next week (at least). I get that isn't very scientific but the optics of rushing a player through protocol so he can play next game just isn't great, to say nothing of what's best for the player. To answer your question, the results absolutely matter. I'm not suggesting that the whole process is corrupt -- it's certainly better than it used to be. It's possible that Josh would truly be 100% once he's through protocol. I just don't believe that doctors, even neurologists, know for sure when it comes to head injuries. That opinion is based at least in part from a discussion I had with a local neurologist (former client of mine). Look, it was a really big hit. I just don't want to see Josh come back too soon, get tagged again, and be out for extended time. I feel like that's a reasonable concern given the way he plays, and I'd be hard pressed to believe that he wouldn't benefit from 3x the recovery length. Anyways, I've said all I can on this subject.

Yes, I'm assuming he was grade 3. No, just because his legs were moving post hit that does not mean wasn't unconscious either prior or during. So now we're back to the discussion of whether it's appropriate or smart to play your concussed QB seven days after the incident (regardless of passing tests from NFL paid doctors), and whether there's any additional benefit to waiting until three weeks (i.e. after the bye). I'm suggesting there's likely both a medical benefit, however minor that might be, and developmental benefit by allowing Josh to watch Matt for a week and gain another perspective. Feels like we're going around in circles here.

It's a great question. I'd also like to know the answer definitively, as I might change my opinion if that's the case. I'm assuming yes. I think he's out cold when his legs are moving or at least had his bell rung hard enough that he isn't fully conscious during that 5-10 second period. I've witnessed people IRL who got knocked out and had similar involuntary movements with their arms/legs so I don't think that by itself proves he was conscious the whole time. It doesn't prove he was unconscious either.

Clearly you have again missed the point. I am not a neurologist; I am, however, reasonably capable of having conversations with doctors who have treated patients for concussions as well as performing basic google searches on the subject. Although this does not make me an expert in the field, it allows me to gather enough information to at least ask some good questions, like why would we want to rush our QB back after sustaining what appeared to be a somewhat serious head injury before the typical time frame for recovery would suggest? https://brighamhealthhub.org/prevention/when-is-it-safe-to-return-to-play-after-sports-related-injuries