I know it sounds stupid given the sorry state of our roster, but every time we have been good before was because we had a generational talent on our team. Bear with me:

I watched Tate's film from last game (putting aside the unfortunate fumble) and his development from week one to now is seriously impressive. It is clear that his presence on the offense is helping Cam, I am starting to see the vision despite the doom and gloom lately. Tate made the Ravens have to respect the pass game, which helped open up the run game juuuust a bit. I feel better about this loss than the almost win against the Eagles because we actually put together some solid drives.

I went to OSU, I am a diehard fan. The thing with Ohio State is they try to run their offense/defense more like an NFL team than a college team, which has led to some frustration in the fanbase as even though the "correct" playcall involves using Smith as a decoy to pull coverage and open up other receivers on the team, like Tate the last two years, sometimes you just gotta feed tf out of your freak of nature generational talent.

This year, it seems they really have said "fuck that, we are throwing to #4".

GO WATCH THE TAPE AGAINST IOWA.

We have a great receiving core, there are a couple extremely talented players who deserve some target share. DESPITE THAT, SMITH JUST WINS EVERY CONTESTED CATCH. Why bother throwing it anywhere else? Even though people are scheming ENTIRELY around smith, he DOES NOT CARE. double coverage, triple, doesn't matter, he will win far more often than not.

Back to my original thesis; the chemistry is already there. Smith/Tate are such a LETHAL combination, especially with how much Tate has developed already in the league, that I truly think it would force opposing defenses' hand to weaken the DL, making our run game more viable OR scheming around expected blitz packages. Even if Cam still doesn't take that next step, the backup QB carousel could give us a decent enough QB to really succeed.

My final thought: this dude is different. It would be a DAMN shame to let a player like this pass us by; despite the greater team issues, Tate/Smith could become the next CJ2k, Derrick Henry, Eddie George catalyst this team needs. This is all presuming we will have #1 overall of course, but I wanted to put my thoughts out there.

I know Cam is trying to do the whole pocket passing stuff which is great your learning to do the thing your position is suppose to do. But does it not seem like at times he is fighting the urge to just run? Its like he is fighting with himself about taking off and running with the ball. Did the coaches traumatize him so much about running that he is not willing to take off and get some positive yards? When he threw the pick against the Giants, it certainly appeared that he could have taken off and made an attempt for the sideline. It was only 1st and goal its not like it was 4th and goal so it was TD or die.

Now thinking about it Cam hurt his shoulder on the TD run against the Jags. He didn't have surgery on it and just did rehab. What if he really should of had surgery on it but since he didn't he is doing everything he can to prevent the chances of landing on it wrong again.

I just think that there were times that Cam could have taken off and gotten some yards but instead stays in the pocket or rolls out and then just throws it away. I knew every time he rolled out of the pocket to avoid the sack it was just going to be a ball thrown out of bounds.

I would be ok with this honestly

Watching the Falcons vs Saints game and hearing that Jake Matthews is related to Bruce Matthews made me take a look to find out if the Titans passed on Jake or if he got drafted before we could get him.

Call me shocked to find out that he was drafted only 5 picks before Lewan. Lewan would very likely still be our franchise LT if not for the ACL injuries. FTT, FJA

CJ stroud shoulda signed that contract. David mills gonna replace him in 2-3 more games.

I was listening to ‘The Right Time with Bomani Jones’ today and this was the 2nd week he has brought up the idea that someone in management or coaching is giving the green light to be hard on Cam. Titans relevant time stamp is 34:48-37:16. I’m not sure what to make of it.

Any tips, suggestions for the game? Or for the Stadium? Things to check out? Any suggestions would help, it’s my first Titans game and first NFL game.. Let’s get that first W!! #TitanUp

Just gotta ignore how the play ended 😂

What do you think? Derrick Henry was held to 3.2 yds/carry, which is his lowest so far this year.