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I mean it's also pretty important to fill running lanes too against a team like TEN...if you're going all out rushing the passer you could leave yourself exposed to some pretty big runs. That buys tannehill some extra time

That's kind of the game with a qb sneak though...they are very effective unless you get everyone around the line of scrimmage...it really didn't look like the titans even sold out on the sneak to me our guys just got whooped outrageously bad...the offensive line started winning late in the game too looked like the titans dline was starting to get gassed...so I'm pretty surprised how monumentally bad that sneak went

Honestly formation alone I thought we had a win there. Our oline just got absolutely embarrassed.

I totally get what you're saying but we don't give him enough credit when he holds the ball and hits on a huge game changing play imo...we wouldve gotten bounced first round of the playoffs if it weren't for plays exactly like that one. Being able to take the top off the defense is huge for opening up other stuff much like Henry running the ball sets up play action passes

It's really pretty amazing how bad he blew it on that play...in a negative way of course loll like that's almost 'I bet my life savings on the titans so im throwing the game' level bad

They have analytics guys crunching the numbers on stuff like this...an allen sneak was undoubtedly the highest percentage play there. Throwing the ball in a short yardage situation like that opens you up to maybe the receiver drops the ball maybe the pass gets batted etc ....just didn't work out and obviously everyone is free to criticize

Passing the ball in that situation wouldve absolutely terrified me...so much can go wrong not to mention they don't want to end a game with a tossup type PI so they let the defense get away with some stuff

KCs line in the super bowl was much worse than what ours has been this season...mostly due to their lack of depth and injuries. Their game plan in that game seemed to completely ignore that fact too which still blows my mind to this day

I mean he's coaching to win the game lol I don't understand this take. What Tennessee does is not exactly rocket science either it's a very physical brand of football where they punish you with the run to the point where linebackers just instinctively bite on play action thinking its a run and receivers are wide open. His guys were not executing and he did what he thought gave his team the best chance to win that's his job.

Hasn't Tampa been pretty suspect against the pass and elite against the run this season? That's what it seems like from seeing a few of their games but I dont know the stats offhand

You are literally proving his point that he should've gone for the win on offense though when you were originally using that as evidence of why he shouldn't lol thats why I'm confused...if you want to say the defense wasn't prepared thats fair but that's not what the original comment was about

Yep I think he is lol the defense got absolutely whooped and would have proceeded to get whooped in OT...granted maybe we win the coin toss and march down and score a td

I'm not saying it's not his 'fault' the defense didn't play well...each drive is not a new drive...his guys could not account for the PA at all and they will entirely put the loss on themselves No one is more thrilled the bills offense went for the win than the bills defense

Exactly...im glad other people are saying this. Credit to McDermott for not blowing his stack in the press conference. I think it was probably the 'right' call but if it had followed the official on the fields call gets reviewed upstairs process I dont think it would've been clear enough to overturn the first down ruling. Something hokey happened where they changed the call on the field

Was he wrong to have no confidence in the defense? Lol I think you can definitely make a case for either decision but going for it with your offense is not the 'weak' decision imo I think in his press conference he was absolutely f***** livid that joshs scramble the play before the 4th down got ruled a first down by the refs then 'changed' without an official review and didn't want to lose his mind

I think both sides could make a good case...it really comes down to what wouldve happened with the coin flip in OT which is a risk I'm sure coaches try to avoid when they can. I think OT wouldve favored the titans as we weren't great in the red zone and they were

Does anyone have any specific examples of these plays where wrs were open for tds and just got missed? I heard the commentators say it a couple times after the pocket broke down and they sounded silly to me 🤣 it takes some time to load up for a deep throw that he just didn't have on any of those plays.

I might have a hot take here but I think our rbs do pretty well considering they get 0 running lanes. Our offensive line had a good year pass blocking last year but they were bad run blocking and in a cap reduced year we really didn't have the opportunity to do a complete offensive line rebuild. You could plop Derrick henry on our roster and he ain't going for 100+ in a game

I saw a few times where pressure collapsed the pocket and he had to dump the ball off before loading up to take a deep shot...the only play you're describing that comes to mind is when he took the sack when he thought the titans only had one safety up top and he thought he had davis on a deep post but the other safety got back. That was not the right decision but all the best qbs have plays like that in any given game. I feel like we're comparing our guy to some hypothetically perfect qb that makes the right read and a perfect throw every single time

This isn't getting talked about enough...it was a good look for a sneak Dawkins just got instantly embarrassed which is very hard to do 🤣

Man you've seen the game film huh haha how'd you get it so fast. The broadcast angle is not a great indicator of what is going on

I knew we'd lose if we went for it even though I think it was probably the right call so I wasn't really surprised lol I'm almost happy we tried the sneak because that was the highest percentage play...if we had thrown an incompletion I wouldve lost my mind

I dont think it will as much as you think...maybe if we look average coming out of the bye. I dont want to say it's a flukey loss but we pick up that first 8 times out of 10 and win that game

Hahaha he literally dropped the ball and wrestled 10 cowboys and still got one on Thanksgiving

Yea they just showed a graphic in the post game that I'm still watching for some reason that Allen was 14 for 15 on 4th and 1 situations