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I appreciate a smart and bold appeal as much as the next. Heck, I appreciate it more than the next guy.
Anyone who has paid close attention to this space knows how much I believe in the power to play to win the game and how much I am a champion for a coach or an attempt to convert two points whenever that is reasonable. I applaud being proactive and aggressive, making a statement and sending a powerful signal to the locker room.
I was all about the reincarnation of Black Jack Del Rio and led the cheers for Riverboat Ron Rivera and loved Frank Reich to attack him in fourth and second on his own territory in overtime against the Texans the last week although it did not work. But there is a time and a place for everything. And for rookie coach Mike Vrabel and the Tennessee Titans – Sunday morning in London of a potentially decisive match for the season – at a time when the Nashville guys easily imposed their will on the guys from California were not the moment nor place.
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And therefore, the miraculous circumstances of the Titans that led to a 3-1 record and a quick lead from AFC South could be in vain. This early goodwill could be spent now. This long flight back from London took a lot longer. Vrabel's decision was more reckless and reckless than anything else, and call for attempting a pass from such an empty set with his quarterback on what could become the biggest play of the season. did not make sense either.
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"I'm not going to doubt the call of the game," Vrabel said during his unpleasant press conference after the match. This is fine. Millions of other people who have watched this game will do it for you. As the great Dennis Green said: "We knew who they were and we let them down!"
In the end, the Titans did not need to do that. It was not a 1-4 team or a desperate winless team for a win. It was not a team that was clinging, desperate for a match and knowing that it did not have the manpower to support a 10 minute extension. It was not a team with a wounded kicker or injured quarterback who can not catch a football (the Titans have already won this way this season). No, it was the shippers who were under duress and feared the prospect of working overtime, and an imminent flight of 12 hours or a return to L.A., and Vrabel rescued them.
The Chargers offensive – without their half-offensive Melvin Gordon – was a huge passing game to open the match and another to open the second half. That was it. They had only 14 first tries, and the Titans had the ball for almost 10 more minutes in the match (35: 23-24: 37). The Titans played 23 more pieces. The Titans led them on the field in their four-minute exercise, Marcus Mariota playing a lot after playing with his feet and arms.
It should not end like that. And the ramifications could be important.
Now, the Titans are tripping, at 3-4. Now, the Titans have abandoned consecutive games and crucial tiebreakers against the Ravens and Chargers, who could be the main opponents of the Wild Cards. They reacted after being battered by Baltimore a week ago with a much tougher and physical approach on Sunday, but their season is at its lowest, no matter.
If Vrabel really wanted to give his team more power, when it was the best team, then take the points, keep that momentum and keep pushing the Chargers into overtime. No need to be cute there. Do not think too much. No need to flex. Tie the game first. Win in OT.
The problem of Jaguars worsens
Unsure of what he hoped to accomplish by taking over Blake Bortles as himself, replace him with Cody Kessler, down 20-0. Do you think that will make Bortles a starting QB of the NFL? Are you threatening to launch Kessler so that he can show once again that he is not doing it either?
Sorry, but the problem is not resolved by the trading deadline and the decision to extend Bortles' term is one of the most disconcerting in recent NFL history. This is not me a Monday morning QB. This has always been my position and now the chickens have really come home with the Jags' 2-0 start going down to 3-4 (and 0-2 in South AFC).
Does any one from Jacksonville really think that the fact that Kessler throws selections and absorbs shoulder bags has less impact on the season, than the former third-ranked choice does the same thing? Sorry, the fact that Kessler takes over provides neither a lift nor a good start. It's just a little sad and pathetic. And stop saying that trading for Eli Manning would change everything – that will not happen anyway – and unless you think Nick Foles still has magic, there are no viable options at the end of the season. This ship sailed.
It will probably be the same. I've documented the magnitude of Bortles's problems in the middle of the week, so I'm not going to go overboard here. But in the last four Jacksonville defeats, he did not score in the first period and reached the end zone after 20 or more points. Bortles' first half figures in those starts are 32 to 60 (53%) for 291 yards (4.85 yards per attempt!) With no touchdown and two choices and a score of 52.85. It's a failure. He has already returned 10 times this season.
And the defense is no longer hermetic. And they do not have a racing game. They were outclassed, 90-28, the last three weeks. Good luck in the second half of the season.
More notes
- I would love to see Howie Roseman's phone bill for next week. The Eagles are in London in the eighth week, just before the trade deadline, and they have work to do. It is out of the question that the general manager of this team is tied with Philly at 3-4 in the defense of his title after taking a lead of 17 points in the fourth quarter Sunday. He's going to do something – maybe great – to improve his high school. And I'm waiting for at least a symbolic move to reinforce the offense if possible. The most obvious suggestion would be the "Veon Bell," which could eventually change the whole content of this painful offense. We'll see, but with his team out of the country next week, maybe trying to do something before the weekend does not make sense …
- I have a hard time knowing what to expect from Lions from week to week, but they now have a 3-3 record and have improved significantly from week to week. They are only one victory behind the Vikings for the division, midway through the season is approaching … The Bears should start to worry a bit about their defense. New England is obviously an excellent team, but not having Gronk on Sunday and then losing the pivot of his game plan, Sonny Michel, very early in the game and accumulate points as they had done a week after that Miami has found a lot of joy against this defense is not a good sign. The Bears can not yet throw the ball to beat the teams – Mitchell Trubisky is a raw, fragile and much more comfortable player than throwing the ball at the back of the field (the Tampa match was an anomaly and not a portal of what was going to come), and this defense must be The best of the competition … I do not know to what extent, if any, this is related to the recent change of coordinator, but the defense of the Bucs came to play Sunday. The best effort of this unit for some time, including a goal line in the fourth quarter. It was far from perfect, but a noticeable improvement in their pathetic form as early as the first six weeks of the season …
- I love so much what I see from Sam Darnold. The Jets will leap forward next season. He makes tight throws and knows where to place the ball and he will continue to learn from some of these early growing pains … Baker Mayfield lives for the fourth quarter. Which player. One can not exaggerate how much he has given this franchise his pulse and his hope, and he's doing it at a time when the Browns have split up with talented players in offense … No one is emerging from a terrible first period as Cam Newton. Many of us thought that he was going to come back and win the match during the sixth week in Washington. what he did in Philadelphia on Sunday more than made up for it … If Deshaun Watson has made more than 12 starts this season, the Texans will win AFC South quite easily.
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