Wrapping up the preseason is a big HELL YEAH BROTHER

Fall is in the air (its not but let’s imagine the air has a crisp) tailgate grills are being dusted off, jerseys ironed and brats being thawed out. It’s T minus 11 days until regular season and I am ready to gather myself and take stock of the past month

What was accomplished this Preseason for the Titans?

Mostly positive in my POV. Defense is incredible, the starting 11 proved that they can turn it on even in the preseason. WR competition is so good. Injuries kind of messed up who will stay and who will get cut and because of that I do not think the 53 man roster will even be set going into week 1.

QB’s gave me the warm and fuzzies. It made us really appreciate having Tannehill at the helm. Let me delve into Malik Willis a little bit.

Because of Will Levis lower body injury, Malik got a chance to show us a little more of his development. While most of it was good I could not help but feel that there is a definitive ceiling for him. I am ready to say he will only be AS good as we have seen which is not bad. 211 yards 2 TD and 2 INT against the Patriots but not starter material. I am a big body language guy and his tone in his press conferences have been very Faux Leadership. https://x.com/jwyattsports/status/1695277979629240786?s=42. His tone PISSES me off. I do not need this from my backup QB trying to prove he can be a starter. I want to read his mind and when I do its Malik saying “my Offensive Line sucks I am good just wait and see” well guess what we have waited and we did see and I am getting MAJOR “this is it” vibes

Levis was not able to show us much but I look forward to him developing behind Tannehill. I loved what I saw against Chicago. He did well on 7v7 periods and team periods in practice which gives me confidence that he is eager to grind and take over command

Take a look a look at this stud https://x.com/titans/status/1695237591367651450?s=42

TAJAE SPEARS. My hope is that he takes 50/50 reps with Derrick Henry. He is going to get us yards, points, and most importantly hope. He was shaky starting out because of the crux of my whole being this season….

Offensive Line. Poop on a stick. They looked God awful against the patriots. Dillard couldn’t move his feet, Brewer couldn’t adjust from the snap, Skoronski looked lost but he DID play really hard and we have some poor kid sitting in at right tackle that is laughable. Preseason told us that this is still up in the air. This is not totally on the players it is also on the front office for throwing 4 new players in together. Patriots threw no surprises at them. All night it was simple 4-5 man blitzes that require some slight adjustment and not a single blocker knew how to accomplish that. I am blue in the face but it seems camp proved not just me but many others that we can have all the million dollar talent we want but if we cannot execute up front it will be proven to be all for naught.

As the titans cut the roster to 53 my hope is that maybe we do not risk Tannehills life unnecessarily. We need ground yards, we need the ability to spread the ball around.

What you will see in New Orleans is something I have been afraid of. Slow offensive start, negative yards. The Saints know they only have to throw 5-6 rushers in and can cover everyone else. THis will limit Tannehill to the short pass or screen. We are cornered and the starting whistle has not even blown

In Vrabel we trust. Pour and extra drink tonight because this is going to be interesting.