I dunno

[Xknight52]

I know you're all tired of me talking about the Titans but I have to bring this up.

If any of you watched the Titans and the Raider game you know what I'm going to say!

Tennessee's D and running game looks sharp so far this pre season but I still have some huge worries! The biggest worry I have is Vince Young ( yea I know i'm about to say something bad about Vince ) he doesn't look good at all to me! I mean he hasn't been on target this whole pre season! I'm hoping he comes around but it doesn't look good at all! One up side is he seems to be using his legs more.

<span style="color: #000099">Here is coach Fishers thoughts</span>


Fisher insists Young looking good at QB for Titans

By TERESA M. WALKER, AP Sports Writer 5 hours, 15 minutes ago

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)"?Vince Young bounced a pass to a receiver, overthrew another and finished his play by throwing five straight incompletions to the sound of some boos from the home fans. Through two exhibitions, he has completed seven passes in the seven series he has played.

If this is what the Tennessee Titans call offensive rhythm, then something is missing so far. Not that coach Jeff Fisher sounds worried with two preseason games left before their opener Sept. 7 against Jacksonville.

He insisted Saturday that Young has improved his accuracy and defended his quarterback's footwork after a 17-16 win over Oakland on Friday night in which the quarterback was 4-of-13 for 37 yards.

"He was very good at where to go and through his progressions. That was not a problem. He was sharp,"? Fisher said. "The completions, the incomplete passes and things, you look at the numbers and say he struggled. There's reasons for things that happened each play. He did misfire on a couple of them. He had people in his face in a couple plays; he couldn't step up."?
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Fisher blamed the struggles on a coaching decision to stay basic with the game plan against the Raiders' stingy man-to-man defense. Fisher also said the game didn't look as bad as he anticipated once he studied the tape, finding mistakes he sees as easily fixable.

"A quarterback's back foot hits the ground, for example. He's supposed to cut the ball loose and the receiver's not out of the break. Those are things that need to be corrected,"? Fisher said.

Improving the passing offense has been a big focus for the Titans since losing to San Diego in a wild-card playoff game last January. Young improved his accuracy in his second season from 51.5 percent as a rookie to 62.3 percent last year but struggled with only nine touchdown passes against 17 interceptions.

The Titans brought in tight end Alge Crumpler and receiver Justin McCareins to give Young more targets and help an offense that ranked last in the NFL inside an opponent's 20.

The Titans have produced only one field goal with Young at quarterback this preseason, and he is a combined 7-of-19 for 54 yards. Against Oakland, the first-team offense went three-and-out three times.

"It certainly wasn't anything special,"? running back LenDale White said. "We have a lot of things to work on and have to do a better job of getting first downs and extending drives. We have to convert third and short and also catch the ball. We have a lot of things to work on."?

McCareins missed the opener with tight hamstrings and didn't catch a ball against Oakland.

"We need to get on the same page a little better. We need to get some of those easy passes in one-on-one coverage. We've got to complete those,"? he said.

Even though the Titans rushed for 200 yards fewer against Oakland than they did in their preseason opener, they still ran for 140 yards on 26 carries"?a nice 5.4-yard average. Young also showed that he was listening to the advice to protect himself on his lone scramble as he hustled himself out of bounds away from a defender.

Young left the game after playing five series and failing to complete his last five passes. On the Titans' best scoring chance with the first-team offense, Young threw deep to Bo Scaife on first down at the Oakland 31. A nice-looking pass was broken up and nearly picked off by Raiders safety Michael Huff.

He then was incomplete on his next two passes, and the Titans had to settle for a 49-yard field goal attempt that missed wide right, as All Pro kicker Rob Bironas sat out a second game with a pulled groin. Young walked off the field looking frustrated.

Young said he couldn't get into rhythm but is confident the offense will improve.

"I just have got to complete the ball. That's basically it. I have to continue to keep working as a receiver corps. We got to just get the team to keep working on the little things. That's basically it. But on my part, my reads and everything were right,"? Young said.

"The good part about it is I got the ball out of my hands, and I made the right read. It's going to be even better next

[Ironlung]

He's garbage as a qb. A bunch of us tried to convince you of that 3 years ago but you wouldn't listen. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif[/img] He's a great athlete but a [censored] qb.

[burton2019]

Good lord. Why must we bring this topic up every, single year?

[Xknight52]

Cause I love it!

But I'm hoping he makes it though! I believe he has the stuff but I don't know I guess this up coming season will tell us his future. I'm hoping for the best!

[sup-rbeast]

Outside of a fumble on a punt return, Oakland's 1st string handed the Titans their a$$es....

Goodbye Vince.

[Xknight52]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sup-rbeast</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Outside of a fumble on a punt return, Oakland's 1st string handed the Titans their a$$es.... </div></div>

I wouldn't say that I mean yea they scored a TD but only one! I mean Tennessee D for the most part was ok! I mean they could run on Oakland if they wanted ( chris johnson was killing oaklands first team D ) to but they we're trying to see what they had in the passing game! I mean Vince didn't look great but a couple wr drop the ball and VY nor his WR seem to be on the same page!

[sup-rbeast]

The Titan D was blown off the ball...Haynesworth, Vanden Bosch, and Kearse were practically non-factors. Oakland's O ran all over them. The Titans had one decent drive until over midway through the second after Oakland was subbing out their D...not to mention that Hall never even suited up for the Raiders (most of the Titans pass offense came at the expense of Riuott (Hall's sub)as well) Outside of a bonehead attempt at a punt return, Tenn. had nothing to cheer for. The third string for each team decided the outcome, but between the 1st string O's and D's, it wasn't even close.

[Xknight52]

Ok I watched the game like 3 times so don't act like I don't know what happen! It's true that Tennessee didn't look that good but they wanted to work on the passing game! They know they can run the ball but MH wanted to see where VY was at! I'm sticking with what I said before Chris Johnson was killing their first team D! Lendale really didn't get that many carries! But as far as Oakland whooping Tennessee's D thats just foolish to say! I mean they did have one solid drive but that was about it! Oaklands starting running back had like 3 yards! Mcfadden had 44 on 6 carries but he had a 26 yard run at the end of the half when Tennessee D was in prevent! So before that he had like 19 yards on 5 carries. Which isn't super bad but the game was close but JR did look good for Oakland as did Mike Bush! Chris Johnson and Lenden both avg around 5 yards a carry!

[neutral88]

VY= good slot man