Change in Attitude

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  1. Meow

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    One of the most important things that I have taken away from this preseason is the change in attitudes of the players which is a stark contrast to last year. Last night Mariota took a shot after he threw the ball. I think it was Mack that did it. It wasn't late enough to get flagged but it was close. Ben Jones didn't like it and immediately knocked Mack back and I'm assuming let him know how he felt about it. I loved it. Rewind to last year when Vernon got one of his many cheap shots on Mariotas knee during the Miami game. The linemen all just stood there. They didn't say a word. They looked defeated and didn't protect their QB. Do you think Jones and Conklin would've let him get by with that? Heck no. I bet he wouldn't have done it twice more like he did. Point is the OL are playing nasty, they're protecting their QB and that kind of attitude will manifest itself with the team I imagine.
     
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  2. Fry

    Fry Welcome to the land of tomorrow!

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    I'll give Mularkey credit for one thing; he has established a team identity. Munch tried and failed. Whiz never even bothered.

    That said, Mularkey is still a loser and a quitter.
     
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  3. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    He may have a terrible track record but look at the QBs he's had...

    And in this league if you have a QB you're halfway there..

    I'm causiously optimistic that Mariota can make Mularkey better than what we've had...
     
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  4. Fry

    Fry Welcome to the land of tomorrow!

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    "Look at the QBs he's picked," is what this should say.
     
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  5. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    This is true

    So he's not a QB scout, we don't need him to be.
     
  6. Fry

    Fry Welcome to the land of tomorrow!

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    But he's a QB whisperer!

    The guy is clueless.
     
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  7. xpmar9x

    xpmar9x The Real Slim Shady

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    Mack didn't make that hit on Mariota... Ben Heeney did. As for Ben Jones pushing Henney away and picking up Mariota, almost any offensive linemen does that when there QB is hit.

    Regardless, our team has absolutely been more physical than in years past... and it's just pre-season. I think they've truly bought into the "smashmouth" aspect. Now we wait to see if this smashmouth approach results in any wins.
     
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  8. JCBRAVE

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    Also doesn't hurt having a run game you can stand behind. Life is 10x easier with a RB duo like the one we have now.

    I'd be a lot more excited to play if I knew I had Murray and Henry behind me.
     
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  9. Titanup1982

    Titanup1982 All-Pro

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    Seems like offensively we have an identity, but defensively, not so much.

    I'll still reserve judgement about the defense.

    I swear it seems like when we have an offense, we have no defense and when we have a defense, we have no offense.
     
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  10. LiLTex12

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    One thing to add, even with this new tough, smash mouth attitude.... One major thing - We aren't having drives killed by penalties so far.

    Last year it was pretty much expected that there would be one flag on offense and defense that just would kill us. As for this pre season where it almost feels I've seen "more" flags thrown in other games, we aren't the one making the big mistakes. If you're going to have a smash mouth run first game approach, you can't have horrible holding calls or false starts and start at 1st and 15. Kudos to whatever is causing all of this.
     
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