2014 plays to be thankful for

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  1. Thaddeus43

    Thaddeus43 Sunshiner President

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    As I sit here thinking about all the awful plays the Titans made last year, I can't help but to be thankful for them. Many of those awful plays seemed to either be turning points in the game, or plays that flat out lost games for us. If not for those plays, then there is a good chance that we don't land the #2 pick in the draft and don't get to pick Mariota ... If not for the complete and total ineptitude of our 2014 team and brain farts by several players, then we would not have this great opportunity to witness the forthcoming domination that Mariota will bestow on the league over the next decade. Instead, we would be stuck in mediocrity and relative obscurity under Mettenberger.

    Anyway, here are just a few plays from 2014 that I am thankful for.

    week 2 vs DAL - Pollard drops an easy pick 6 int from Romo before the half. Dallas went on to score a few plays later on this drive, so the pick 6 would've been a big swing in points and momentum going into the half. Thank you Pollard for your stone hands!! ... there is a chance we would have won if you knew how to catch!!!


    week 3 vs Cin - BWW missed the easy int/destruction of Andy Dalton on a trick play. This should've gone 1 of 2 ways. Either BWW crushes Dalton and ends his season with an injury OR BWW picks it off and takes it to the house. Either way, it is another opportunity for a HUGE swing in momentum and/or points. A swing that perhaps could've been enough to keep the Titans competitive and potentially pull out the W.
    Thank you BWW for being such a dumb pansy!! ... there's a chance we would've won this game if you were a real man!!!


    week 5 vs Cle - Titans dominated the entire 1st half with Jake Locker, but an injury took him out of the game. Titans were still in control of the game however. They held the lead with just over 3 min left to play in the 4th and had possession of the ball. Facing a 4th and 1 attempt, CBJ fails to convert on a QB sneak that would've all but iced the game for us.
    Thank you CBJ for living up to your "clipboard" name!! ... If not for you, we would've beat the Browns

    Week 7 vs Was - Titans had just come come off of a close win over Jax and were facing a bad Washington team with Colt McCoy at the helm. Even though the Titans were in great position to win this game, the secondary gave up a 70 yard TD pass to the 3rd stringer.
    Titans lost by 2 points...
    Thank you entire Titans secondary for your complete ineptitude at defending the pass from even a 3rd string QB!!! ... If not for this play, we would've won this game

    Week 11 vs Pit
    - On literally the Titans' 1st offensive play of the game, Mett throws a pick 6. Titans only lost this game by 3 points, so it is pretty much safe to say that this 1st play is what domed the team.
    Thanks Mett for your sh itty pass!!! ... if you had thrown it better, then we probably wouldn't have been able to draft your replacement.


    Week 15 vs NYJ - Titans are up 11-3 near the end of the 3rd. Its looking like a game that the Titans would win ... That is, until they allow a 48 yd pass from Geno Smith AND tack on a 15 yard roughing the passer penalty (for a total of 63 yards on the play). Jets go on to score a TD on that drive and win the game by 5.
    Thanks again Titans D. Your lack of coverage skills and discipline on that play gave the Jets the win!!



    Well there you have it folks. Those are 6 games in which 1 play could've really changed the fate of the Titans ... Lets all rejoice and be thankful that it didn't.

    MARIOTA!!!!!
     
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  2. jplusip

    jplusip Pro Bowler

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    Wow, we were almost an 8-8 team last year?

    Huh, for some reason I keep thinking that after the Chiefs game the Titans became an uncompetitive collection of nincompoops who could only be called football players because that was what their profession happened to be at that point in time.
     
  3. 520

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    well mett did bring them back to a lead week 11...maybe you should again thank the d for letting leveon run the final 10 minutes of the game off the clock

    HAHA
     
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    Yeah... I have a hard time putting that loss on Mett. The Titans were in a position to win that game, and what the defense let Bell get away with was a joke. That was the moment that I started to think we were tanking.
     
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  5. Thaddeus43

    Thaddeus43 Sunshiner President

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    True ... But I was mainly looking for the 1 big play. The Levon Bell thing was like a 50 play 20 min drive or something lol

    (also, I added that one in there just for you lol)
     
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  6. Mitch86

    Mitch86 Pro Bowler

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    It's funny looking back that 1-2 plays a game made such a difference. But that's the NFL. The difference between a playoff team and a team picking #1 in the draft can be just a few plays a game.

    Normally the team drafting #1 is terrible all around, but you get the point. Sometimes its not as bad as it seems.
     
  7. Mitch86

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    Also, you can't predict those plays win/lose the game. But its fun to pretend that those plays were all the difference
     
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    Yeah, there is no telling if that REALLY would have won us the game ... and on games that we did win, I'm sure the other team could say "if only X had happened, then we probably win"
     
  9. Mitch86

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    Yep. But you can say that about every team in every game. That's why I say there's some amount of "luck" involved too.
     
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  10. ImATitan

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    I was most thankful for the final play of the season :anon:
     
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