Titans hurting at tight end

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  1. Titans Insider

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    INDIANAPOLIS Titans tight end Taylor Thompson reached into a duffel bag and pulled out a bottle of supplements.

    He needed a boost.

    After Delanie Walker was knocked out of the game in the first quarter with a concussion, Thompson rarely left the field during a 22-14 loss to the Colts on Sunday. He was the team’s only healthy tight end since Craig Stevens had been deactivated from the game-day roster because of a concussion he suffered last week.

    “It was tough for us, especially in an offense where we use the tight end so much,” said Thompson, a second-year pro. “I know (offensive coordinator) Dowell Loggains had to adjust some things. It made things tougher.”

    The Titans missed Stevens in the run game — he’s regarded as one of the best blocking tight ends in the NFL. They missed Walker as a pass catcher — the eighth-year pro had a career-best 10 catches for 91 yards in the Nov. 14 game against the Colts.

    “It hurts you when you lose Delanie,” coach Mike Munchak said. “It’s more about the passing game allowed the defense to play different coverages. So that’s a huge loss. … Your two starting tight ends are out of the game.”

    The Titans were forced to give tackle Mike Otto some snaps at tight end in the run game. They also lost another key blocker, fullback Collin Mooney, to a leg injury. He left Lucas Oil Stadium on crutches, his knee in a brace.

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  2. Titanup1982

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    I don't want to hear this BS..
     
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  3. Upright7

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    Well I gotta say that I was wrong about Jack Doyle. Dude sucked it up today and would have done the same here. Do we have a TE on the practice squad currently?
     
  4. razordaman

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    Who gives a ****....our practice squad is full of pieces of crap. Noone on our practice squad could make a college team. We can't throw a pass to a TE and our TE can't block so who cares who plays TE. This years players are the worst in the NFL!
     
  5. RollTide

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    Stevens was easy to replace we just used Otto.

    Consider the Taylor Thompson experiment over. He had a golden opportunity to make some plays and never did. A total waste of a guy in the pass patterns.
     
  6. Fry

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    It's time to move Thompson to DE.
     
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  7. petergriffin16

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    Yeah, no. I understand why everyone wants to pin **** on TT, but the fact of the matter is whenever he was thrown to the guy did a great job getting wide open. Every pass thrown his way was terribly inaccurate and borderline un-catchable. There was even one where the dude flat out laid out to get the ball and couldn't even get a fingertip on it.

    The offense struggled because of #4. Point blank end of story. Throws were too far behind or ahead of receivers. or in some cases straight to the defenders.
     
  8. The Hammer

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    First round this year we should strongly consider TEs
     
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