Week 6 Preview
Titans (0-5) @ Patriots (3-2)
This is the perfect opportunity to get back on track for New England. The Tennessee Titans have been a shocking story after finishing 13-3 last year with the best record in the NFL. Without going under many changes at all in the off season, they are suddenly 0-5 as one of the 4 winless teams in the NFL. They are not nearly as bad as the other winless teams (Tampa, KC, St. Louis). They have a good amount of talent, a pretty aggressive but mysterious defense, a great running game but not much at QB or WR. New England still needs to bring their A game in order to secure this victory because Tenn will be hungry for their first win, and anything can happen on any given Sunday.
Keys to the game:
BIG GAME FOR TOM BRADY
This is a HUGE game for Tom Brady here. From struggling in Denver, back to Gillette against a struggling defense, Brady has to get back on track this week. The Titan defense has been getting harassed big time all season with the 31st ranked pass defense in the NFL. This is a big game for Brady to improve his mechanics, rebuild some of the confidence he had before the injury, and to get back in sync with his receivers.
BIG PLAYS FROM DEFENSE
This could also be a break out game for the defense. With only 1 interception all season (the other by Randy Moss last week in Denver), this could be a week to make some big plays and force some turnovers on QB Kerry Collins. Last week against Indianapolis Collins threw some god awful passes that floated no where near receivers, and were suspect to get picked off more often than not. If the D can play tough and force some mistakes from Collins then that may give them some big play confidence for the rest of the season, something the NE defense has lacked since their dynasty years. And if the D can shut down this poor offense it may be a huge mending game for the unity and identity this young defense is still searching for.
SHUT DOWN THE RUN IMMEDIATELY
Despite the troubles Tennessee has been having all season they still have the running back with the third most rushing yards in the entire NFL: Chris Johnson. Johnson only has 19 less rushing yards than the NFL leader Cedric Benson of the Bengals. Johnson is young, being in his second season, and he is absolutely electric, explosive, and a tremendous threat on the ground. He is capable of winning the game for the Titans if the Patriots cannot stop him. After the success and big running plays the Broncos got off the Patriots last week, the Titans may try to do the same. Other than a few big runs last week the defense has been good against the run as they always have in the past, and they have only given up 1 rushing touchdown all season. This may also be a big rebuilding game for our boy Jerod Mayo in the middle to make some big stops and feel more comfortable after returning from his injury last week.
This is the perfect opportunity to get back on track for New England. The Tennessee Titans have been a shocking story after finishing 13-3 last year with the best record in the NFL. Without going under many changes at all in the off season, they are suddenly 0-5 as one of the 4 winless teams in the NFL. They are not nearly as bad as the other winless teams (Tampa, KC, St. Louis). They have a good amount of talent, a pretty aggressive but mysterious defense, a great running game but not much at QB or WR. New England still needs to bring their A game in order to secure this victory because Tenn will be hungry for their first win, and anything can happen on any given Sunday.
Keys to the game:
BIG GAME FOR TOM BRADY
This is a HUGE game for Tom Brady here. From struggling in Denver, back to Gillette against a struggling defense, Brady has to get back on track this week. The Titan defense has been getting harassed big time all season with the 31st ranked pass defense in the NFL. This is a big game for Brady to improve his mechanics, rebuild some of the confidence he had before the injury, and to get back in sync with his receivers.
BIG PLAYS FROM DEFENSE
This could also be a break out game for the defense. With only 1 interception all season (the other by Randy Moss last week in Denver), this could be a week to make some big plays and force some turnovers on QB Kerry Collins. Last week against Indianapolis Collins threw some god awful passes that floated no where near receivers, and were suspect to get picked off more often than not. If the D can play tough and force some mistakes from Collins then that may give them some big play confidence for the rest of the season, something the NE defense has lacked since their dynasty years. And if the D can shut down this poor offense it may be a huge mending game for the unity and identity this young defense is still searching for.
SHUT DOWN THE RUN IMMEDIATELY
Despite the troubles Tennessee has been having all season they still have the running back with the third most rushing yards in the entire NFL: Chris Johnson. Johnson only has 19 less rushing yards than the NFL leader Cedric Benson of the Bengals. Johnson is young, being in his second season, and he is absolutely electric, explosive, and a tremendous threat on the ground. He is capable of winning the game for the Titans if the Patriots cannot stop him. After the success and big running plays the Broncos got off the Patriots last week, the Titans may try to do the same. Other than a few big runs last week the defense has been good against the run as they always have in the past, and they have only given up 1 rushing touchdown all season. This may also be a big rebuilding game for our boy Jerod Mayo in the middle to make some big stops and feel more comfortable after returning from his injury last week.
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