Ryan Tannehill

"PhinFan1968 wrote:

LOL!

A sore loser making fun of other sore losers...I absolutely LOVE IT!

So you see the difference here today between getting up early on a team that doesn't have a QB who can use the passing game to score very efficiently (the Ravens and Jackson), and getting up early on a team that does (the Chiefs and Mahomes). Obviously that 14-point early lead the Titans had yesterday wouldn't have meant nearly as much against the Chiefs.

So I was wrong in expecting that Tannehill would need to play a high-volume passing game to compete with the Ravens, but he certainly may have to against the Chiefs.

"adamprez2003 wrote:

Wannidiot had the pornstache though. Philbin was clean shaven and had the face of a flaccid *****

Wanny was bad, but at least was a solid coordinator at one point.

Philbin was never a good anything beyond one helluva sanitation engineer.

Mahomes stats right now are godly..

Assuming KC wins, the AFC conference championship is going to be real interesting, just stylistically if nothing else.

It almost represents a battle between old and new. Titans are like a throwback to the old days where the RB was a centerpiece of the offense, the QB is a pocket passer, and (for playoff teams) the entire team is well rounded. KC is the type of offensive juggernaut made possible by rule changes favoring the passing game with a new generation QB at the helm: a mobile QB that is also a great pocket passer.

My prediction is the style more fit for the current rulebook (KC) will win but who knows. It's a copycat league (for good reason) and if you can win the SB with an offense centered around a dominant RB a lot more teams will move in that direction. On the other hand, if KC wins the push for QB's like Mahomes will continue unabated. I really like Mahomes.. kind of like a Marino of the mobile QB age.

"Vertical Limit wrote:

Mahomes stats right now are godly..

Apparently the highest scoring playoff game ever (combined points) was 51-45 (with OT) where the Cardinals beat the Packers in the 2009 season. Two more TD's in this game to tie that combined points record for postseason.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_playoff_records_(team)#Scoring

"The Guy wrote:

So you see the difference here today between getting up early on a team that doesn't have a QB who can use the passing game to score very efficiently (the Ravens and Jackson), and getting up early on a team that does (the Chiefs and Mahomes). Obviously that 14-point early lead the Titans had yesterday wouldn't have meant nearly as much against the Chiefs.

So I was wrong in expecting that Tannehill would need to play a high-volume passing game to compete with the Ravens, but he certainly may have to against the Chiefs.

Reading is fundamental...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs-at-tennessee-titans/game-center/sp-id-10401000002142075??ocid=ocid=INSSPBD10

"cbrad wrote:

Assuming KC wins, the AFC conference championship is going to be real interesting, just stylistically if nothing else.

It almost represents a battle between old and new. Titans are like a throwback to the old days where the RB was a centerpiece of the offense, the QB is a pocket passer, and (for playoff teams) the entire team is well rounded. KC is the type of offensive juggernaut made possible by rule changes favoring the passing game with a new generation QB at the helm: a mobile QB that is also a great pocket passer.

My prediction is the style more fit for the current rulebook (KC) will win but who knows. It's a copycat league (for good reason) and if you can win the SB with an offense centered around a dominant RB a lot more teams will move in that direction. On the other hand, if KC wins the push for QB's like Mahomes will continue unabated. I really like Mahomes.. kind of like a Marino of the mobile QB age.

I feel like the Titans have a better chance against KC than Houston, so that's the game I was rooting for. I agree though that it will have an old-school feel to it and I think the game will ultimately be decided in the 1st quarter much like the Baltimore contest was. KC is more built for playing from behind with all that speed where Tennessee will wear you out on that power attack if you let them.

For me, the one big wildcard in the whole thing is our boy Ryan Tannehill- how will he respond if they get behind and he has to attack the field drive after drive? This is the most excited I've been for the playoffs in my adult life and I'm 46...it's painful that we have seven long days until the next chapter!

I'm predicting that Tennessee wins by 1-3 points on a late drive by Tannehill.

"Cashvillesent wrote:

Too bad Kelce wont be able to do that against our LBs.

Evans and Brown are one of the youngest talented duos in the league. Both against the pass and run.

However our CBs arent all that great , so Hill will probably have a career day

Brown didn't play this game and missed most of last game with the shoulder injury. Will he be back?

Hate the AFCC will be in Arrowhead. That stupid chant Chiefs and Braves fans do is so annoying.

"The Guy wrote:

So you see the difference here today between getting up early on a team that doesn't have a QB who can use the passing game to score very efficiently (the Ravens and Jackson), and getting up early on a team that does (the Chiefs and Mahomes). Obviously that 14-point early lead the Titans had yesterday wouldn't have meant nearly as much against the Chiefs.

So I was wrong in expecting that Tannehill would need to play a high-volume passing game to compete with the Ravens, but he certainly may have to against the Chiefs.

So what? Can you just stop? I don’t think you can. Prove me wrong.

"cuchulainn wrote:

Brown didn't play this game and missed most of last game with the shoulder injury. Will he be back?

He should

While I'm happy for Tannehill, as he seemed like a decent guy, I can't believe some of the hype and hysteria about him on here. He was, still is and always will be, a bang average NFL QB. He's fallen into a set up that seems to suit his style and is doing enough to get the job done. Fair play to him but personally, I believe that we were right to trade him when we did.

Hey Cbrad, what are the odds that an average QB leads the league in passer rating? What about the odds that an average QB ends the season leading the league in multiple statistical categories?

Fun fact: The fatso Andy Reid is 1-9 against the Titans.

Just saw the score of the KC vs Hou game. That's disgusting. What an embarrassment of an NFL game. Gross misrepresentation of professional football.

"The Guy wrote:

So you see the difference here today between getting up early on a team that doesn't have a QB who can use the passing game to score very efficiently (the Ravens and Jackson), and getting up early on a team that does (the Chiefs and Mahomes). Obviously that 14-point early lead the Titans had yesterday wouldn't have meant nearly as much against the Chiefs.

So I was wrong in expecting that Tannehill would need to play a high-volume passing game to compete with the Ravens, but he certainly may have to against the Chiefs.

That is not really true.

Titans can control clock with a beast of a RB. There's no way Titans would of lost a 24 pt lead like the Cows did.

"cbrad wrote:

Assuming KC wins, the AFC conference championship is going to be real interesting, just stylistically if nothing else.

It almost represents a battle between old and new. Titans are like a throwback to the old days where the RB was a centerpiece of the offense, the QB is a pocket passer, and (for playoff teams) the entire team is well rounded. KC is the type of offensive juggernaut made possible by rule changes favoring the passing game with a new generation QB at the helm: a mobile QB that is also a great pocket passer.

My prediction is the style more fit for the current rulebook (KC) will win but who knows. It's a copycat league (for good reason) and if you can win the SB with an offense centered around a dominant RB a lot more teams will move in that direction. On the other hand, if KC wins the push for QB's like Mahomes will continue unabated. I really like Mahomes.. kind of like a Marino of the mobile QB age.

I'm really torn here. I've been on the RT17 bandwagoon since day one. I'm also an Andy Reed fan from way back and love what he doing with the Chiefs. Now Tannehill or Matt Moore are going to the SB. Let that sink in for a minute.

"resnor wrote:

Hey Cbrad, what are the odds that an average QB leads the league in passer rating? What about the odds that an average QB ends the season leading the league in multiple statistical categories?

If you take the league-wide distribution of passer ratings and simulate 32 passer ratings chosen from them, and do that 1,000,000 times, on average the z-score for the #1 ranked passer rating is 2.07 which corresponds to a probability of 1.9226%.

Answering the second question is not as clear cut because you have to define the set of statistical categories you're going to look at BEFORE the season plays out. You can't after the fact say you're only going to look at one particular set of statistical categories (that gets into cherry picking issues). So the probability there all depends on the number of categories you chose (past tense) initially.

Anyway, passer rating is a good summary stat for passing efficiency so just go with ~1.9% probability of leading the league IF you actually are an average QB on an average team.

"smahtaz wrote:

I'm really torn here. I've been on the RT17 bandwagoon since day one. I'm also an Andy Reed fan from way back and love what he doing with the Chiefs. Now Tannehill or Matt Moore are going to the SB. Let that sink in for a minute.

I hope he never wins a SB. Reid is a win-at-any cost sleaze who rosters multiple domestic abusers.

"Carmen Cygni wrote:

I hope he never wins a SB. Reid is a win-at-any cost sleaze who rosters multiple domestic abusers.

Dang, that’s true. And I like Andy Reid. Or thought I did.

"The_Dark_Knight wrote:

Reading is fundamental...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs-at-tennessee-titans/game-center/sp-id-10401000002142075??ocid=ocid=INSSPBD10

That was a low-volume game for Tannehill.

"The Guy wrote:

So you see the difference here today between getting up early on a team that doesn't have a QB who can use the passing game to score very efficiently (the Ravens and Jackson), and getting up early on a team that does (the Chiefs and Mahomes). Obviously that 14-point early lead the Titans had yesterday wouldn't have meant nearly as much against the Chiefs.

So I was wrong in expecting that Tannehill would need to play a high-volume passing game to compete with the Ravens, but he certainly may have to against the Chiefs.

You do realize that Tannehill led the Titans to a win against the Chiefs this season, right?

"Cashvillesent wrote:

That is not really true.

Titans can control clock with a beast of a RB. There's no way Titans would of lost a 24 pt lead like the Cows did.

You kinda beat me to the punch on this. I was going to say that if Kansas City were to fall that far behind the Titans, there's no way they're going to be able to catch up. With the Titans' style of play; old school ground and pound, controlling the clock and maintaining long sustained drives, opposing offenses don't get that many opportunities.

In regards to Tannehill versus the Chiefs' defense, in their November 10th match-up, Tannehill was 13-19 for 181 yards and 2 touchdowns, recording a 141.2 qbr. Derrick Henry also had 23 rushes for 188 yards, averaging 8.2 yards per carry. Their defense recorded two sacks on Mahomes and I personally feel their defense is better now than they were earlier in the season.

This is really going to be an exciting game and this one is REALLY going to come down to defense. Can Tennessee put enough pressure on AND contain Mahomes while covering Kelce, Hill and Watkins? Can Kansas City find a way to stop Derrick Henry while at the same time not get lit up by Tannehill on play action? This is really going to be a great game and I just personally feel that the Titans are coming into this game confident and not going to be intimidated. They've already beat the Chiefs earlier this season so they know they CAN win, but this is going to be the biggest stage thus far for the Titans.

Who's going to win? I can't say...I HOPE the Titans do. I want complete redemption for Tannehill and I so want him to come back to Miami to play for all the marbles, but this is going to be a tough AFC Championship game.