Tennessee Titans vs Chicago Bears Game Thread

You're right, I was asking too much of a guy in his first career start, which was a really tough game on O, and at a critical point in the game.

Down the line tho the ambition needs to be to put the ball in his hands and him actually win it. Not the D, him.

 

That offensive line is a goddamn tragedy. This was the 2006-ist game I've ever seen in my life. Caleb wasn't good either, I mean that -19 yard play was inexcusable, really inaccurate, the only player worth a damn was Moore (and a couple a good runs by Swift late).

Good news is, Caleb's game was worse than either Mitch or Fields 1st start, so there is nowhere to go but up.

 

D was really good overall and outside of Velus so was special teams

the interior of the offensive line better get better

I still hate this fucking team

 

Everytime we dialed those up, I cringe. It has never worked in Chicago, ever. Where are the quick slants that Rodgers murdered us with, and Caleb ran in preseason?

 

Caleb wasn't good but 0 turnovers. Levis cost Titans the game because he didn't protect the ball.

 

This right here

Im tired of the nut hugging the fans are doing with this guy

draft a center you fuck

 

True story

 

A-fucking-men. That interior oline in it's entirety was fucking embarrassing. And it's not like it comes as a surprise.

 

Gotta say, i was really shocked at how inaccurate Caleb was for large parts of that game. It was bad. Pretty much everything else i've seen before so didnt shock me, but that did.

EDIT: Let me drop another now varder jogged my memory. Jenkins was pretty fucking shocking today too.

 

BTW, blang buddy, i didnt want to jinx it during the game(you're all welcome), but EPIC call re the Cardinals 2006. Great shout.

 

He ran one, and it was a dart of a completion. I don't remember when it was, but I posted on it, so I can figure it out if need be. On schedule, quick throw, easy completion.

They have to play on schedule and in rhythm. Can't keep getting behind the sticks, can't keep asking Caleb to throw 3rd and long. It's never going to work, no matter who the fuck your QB is. The OL has to get better, and if it doesn't, this offense is fucked. Again I will say, like I did with Fields, I only hope that he can survive the Bears.

 

No you don't.
1st game wobbles. Did you expect any less?

 

Yeah, I don't know what it was - I think it was some combination of the OL being terrible, being in his first real NFL game action against defenses trying to win, and not practicing in an environment / with a team that really holds him accountable and gives him the support to grow. But it wasn't just a couple overthrows - he was dirting balls, missing behind people... just badly inaccurate pretty much all day.

Are we holding him to a high standard, for his first game? I mean, maybe. Any starting QB should be able to do that stuff, and if you can't, you shouldn't be the #1 overall pick / starting QB. I know he can, but he didn't, so that's going to need honest film review and work this week.

 

Even the catches, there was the one to Moore early on that was fucking a mile above his head, but Moore is an absolute baller and was able to pull it in (and yeah, there were drops too, like the Allen sure TD Caleb put on the money, but it felt like more of the inaccurate throws than accurate).

I believe your memory heh, but yeah, 1st down was horrific, they'd call a run play and the fucking DTs would meet Swift at the handoff from Caleb. I mean fuck man, it cannot be understated how bad that interior line was, Shelton more than most, but the other two as well. I'm curious later in the game when Caleb finally got a pocket, seemed like no one was open, curious about the tape, might pay for JT O'sullivan, because he's been saying he's going to paywall the Williams tape because he knows full fucking well we'll pay for it.

I am nowhere near the panic button, but that game was ugly. Lots to learn from, and a lot is fixable on Caleb's part. The line? Not sure how you can make those guys better. And if that was Shelton who won the competition, imagine how much worse Bates is.

 

Horseshit.

If the GM is making moves based on what a rookie QB is telling him he wants then he has no business being a GM.

 

Im left the following morning in complete astonishment that, contrary to much of our collective agreement back in spring that Lucas Patrick and Cody Whitehair can’t be that difficult to replace. Welp, apparently they were.

I’ve read and heard the excuses already, that Jeffrey Simmons is elite at his position (he is, but that’s bullshit, as Simmons is a 5 tech, and last I checked 5T don’t constantly line up over C), and he’s a tough task, that a 2nd round rookie weighing 360 lbs in T’vandre Sweat isn’t easy to block, even if he’s a rookie, and Shelton has always been undersized, and that it’s only one game.

I don’t care if some think this is an overreaction. The guy blocking Shelton on the depth chart in LA, Brian Allen, is a FA. Get his ass in camp today.

 

It's the NFL. No one is easy to block. But you could at least try. Shelton was barely getting hands on people.

Not an overreaction for me. If Poles isn't actively trying to do something now then he doesn't care about the development of his QB.

You gave up a 5th round pick to get Bates and he can't even crack the lineup. You wasted a pick on Claypool. You trade for Allen. You drafted a fucking punter in the 4th round. But when it comes to center you're 100% okay with putting a pile of shit in pads and saying figure it out.

Not acceptable.

Most teams usually give their wannabe star QB a center he can trust. That's fucking textbook. We give this incredibly talent kid a fucking mouth breather that can hold a block for a millisecond.

 

Also can we pin like 17 more threads on this board. I don't think we currently have enough.

 

Yeah I don't know how he and Flus can go into the Texans game thinking that Shelton is just going to right the ship. We need to sign someone within the next 24 hours and have them in uniform for Sunday.

 

Overall I'm happy this Victory Monday.

One thing I liked from Caleb was the 4-5 passes he completed in a three step drop and throw rhythm for 8-10 yard gains. We never saw that from Fields. Also no near interceptions. Trying to focus on the positives from Caleb even though he was bad because it felt like everything else was working against him.