The Titans' offensive line struggled against the Jets, but the All-22 shows Cam Ward repeatedly abandoning playable pockets while his accuracy problems followed him into Year 2.
By DREW BEATTY, film analyst
The Tennessee Titans are now removed from one of their most vitally important offseasons in recent history.
Throughout that offseason, the team saw a multitude of revolutionary changes in the draft, free agency, a completely revamped cosmetic outfitting and a brand-new coaching staff. All fans heard throughout that offseason from that new coaching staff were mantras such as “all gas, no brakes” and “fast and violent.”
That offseason generated a level of excitement surrounding the team that it hadn’t sniffed since the playoff runs of half a decade ago. What did the Titans do with this unfamiliar buzz surrounding the team heading into a home-opening Week One of a critical season of a rebuild? They got utterly and completely flatlined by the New York Jets.
When watching Titans games on Sundays, I sit and watch the broadcast angle in front of my TV like any other fan. I don’t get to don my analyst cap until Mondays when I get my hands on the All-22 film. Typically, no matter how abhorrent the on-field product seems on the broadcast, I can take solace in the Monday tape study providing context and rationalizing whatever I may think or feel immediately post-game. In the case of this game, however, the context of the film only further magnified many of my worst fears from Sunday.
