Charlie Whitehurst leads practice (1 Viewer)

[Bri]

The Titans are currently in Phase One of theoffseason program, which means coaches aren't allowed on the field during workouts.

That's made backup quarterback Charlie Whitehursta very important man, as he knows the new offense, having played under coach Ken Whisenhunt with the Chargers last season, when Whisenhunt was their offensive coordinator.

"He's prepping us up on how the routes should be run since coaches are not allowed out there," wide receiver Nate Washington said. "So he's kind of like the coach out there right now. He knows the offense. He's something we needed right now.

"Without coaches you're kind of blind when you go out and throw routes. You don't really know how they're supposed to go or scripted. So to have him out there is definitely beneficial."

Starting quarterback Jake Locker isn't expected back on the field until late next month at the earliest as he continues to recover from foot surgery.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/titansinsider/2014/04/15/charlie-whitehurst-key-role-tennessee-titans/7757187/

 

[rdrouyn]

So that is why he signed Clipboard Jesus. Kinda makes sense to give the receivers a head start.

 

[Bri]

This seems like quite a leadership spot to be in and it makes me very curious.

Years ago I liked Whitehurst for a few games and was plenty impressed. I haven't been since. In fact, there's been a few games here or there that made me wonder if he'd last in the NFL. I know people here do not much care for Whitehurst.

Does this mean Whisenhunt is a Whitehurst fan?

What's the scenario like for Locker when he returns then? If any of this adds an extra "prove it" chip on Locker's shoulder then I will think this is a great move by Whisenhunt.

 

[Faust]

Charlie Whitehurst stayed in log cabin at minicamp

 

[Bri]

http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/columnist/david-climer/2014/05/02/whitehurst-quarterback-coach-titans/8624107/

 

[identikit]

LOL:

Well that backfired!

Charlie Whitehurst signed this offseason with the Tennessee Titans to backup quarterback Jake Locker but found out that punter Brett Kern wore the No. 6; the number Whitehurst has worn throughout his eight-year NFL career.

Most newly acquired players in this situation pull out their wallets and attempt to influence the other player to relinquish his number. After all money talks right?

Whitehurst tried a different approach as he challenged Kern to arm wrestle him for it and lost. He will be wearing No. 12 instead.

I wonder if he wishes he had just pulled out his checkbook instead.


http://www.playerpress.com/articles/2014/05/28/charlie-whitehurst-loses-number-6-arm-wrestling-punter_943?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#.U4ZoyvldXAs

 

[FreeBaGeL]

LOL:

Well that backfired!

Charlie Whitehurst signed this offseason with the Tennessee Titans to backup quarterback Jake Locker but found out that punter Brett Kern wore the No. 6; the number Whitehurst has worn throughout his eight-year NFL career.



Most newly acquired players in this situation pull out their wallets and attempt to influence the other player to relinquish his number. After all money talks right?



Whitehurst tried a different approach as he challenged Kern to arm wrestle him for it and lost. He will be wearing No. 12 instead.



I wonder if he wishes he had just pulled out his checkbook instead.



http://www.playerpress.com/articles/2014/05/28/charlie-whitehurst-loses-number-6-arm-wrestling-punter_943?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#.U4ZoyvldXAs

I'm sure the punter would still take a check if it was offered.

 

[nirad3]

LOL:

Well that backfired!

Charlie Whitehurst signed this offseason with the Tennessee Titans to backup quarterback Jake Locker but found out that punter Brett Kern wore the No. 6; the number Whitehurst has worn throughout his eight-year NFL career.



Most newly acquired players in this situation pull out their wallets and attempt to influence the other player to relinquish his number. After all money talks right?



Whitehurst tried a different approach as he challenged Kern to arm wrestle him for it and lost. He will be wearing No. 12 instead.



I wonder if he wishes he had just pulled out his checkbook instead.



http://www.playerpress.com/articles/2014/05/28/charlie-whitehurst-loses-number-6-arm-wrestling-punter_943?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#.U4ZoyvldXAs

He lost to a ... punter?

 

[identikit]

Not so fast:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/28/whitehurt-arm-wrestling-story-could-be-a-lie/

 

[Faust]

Rotoworld:

Charlie Whitehurst - QB - Titans
The Nashville Tennessean believes there's a "very real" possibility Jake Locker's strained right (throwing) wrist costs him Week 4.
Locker missed practice Wednesday and his wrist was noticeably swollen. Coach Ken Whisenhunt expressed confidence in Charlie Whitehurst after the practice, confirming the Titans would turn to the 32-year-old journeyman rather than rookie Zach Mettenberger. Whitehurst has appeared in 13 career NFL games, completing an abysmal 54.2 percent of his throws with a 3:4 TD-to-INT ratio and 13 sacks absorbed. If Whitehurst starts in Week 4, the Colts would become an increasingly attractive fantasy defense streamer.


Source: Nashville Tennessean
Sep 24 - 10:43 PM

 

[RushHour]

Why wouldn't you just give Mettenberger a start? He couldn't possibly be worse than this guy.

 

[Bri]

Why wouldn't you just give Mettenberger a start? He couldn't possibly be worse than this guy.

Mettenberger had a death in the family. He was excused to miss most of practice this week and expected late in the week. He surprised them and showed up yesterday and practiced.

First time he would even have a chance to prepare to be the starter, he's preoccupied. Bad timing here.

I don't think he has a shot to start this week.

 

[Raiderfan32904]

Delanie Walker not practicing either. Indy Defense looks like a sleeper this weekend.

 

[Caesar]

Why wouldn't you just give Mettenberger a start? He couldn't possibly be worse than this guy.

Mettenberger had a death in the family. He was excused to miss most of practice this week and expected late in the week. He surprised them and showed up yesterday and practiced.

First time he would even have a chance to prepare to be the starter, he's preoccupied. Bad timing here.

I don't think he has a shot to start this week.

Which means there is about an 85% chance that Whitey goes out during the first quarter and Mettenberger comes in to lead an incredible come from behind Titans victory over the Colts... 41-38.

 

[JohnnyU]

I'm surprised Whitehurst is still in the league.

 

[Raiderfan32904]

I'm surprised Whitehurst is still in the league.

Mettenburg owner in my start 2QB dynasty league is probably

 

[Bojang0301]

Why wouldn't you just give Mettenberger a start? He couldn't possibly be worse than this guy.

Because this is the NFL, you don't just gift games away. You try to make the playoffs because anything can happen there and it makes you look reputable.

 

[lod01]

Why wouldn't you just give Mettenberger a start? He couldn't possibly be worse than this guy.

Because this is the NFL, you don't just gift games away. You try to make the playoffs because anything can happen there and it makes you look reputable.

You know what it really does? It sets you back years when you playoff pipedream fails miserably and you wasted a whole year without giving the guy you drafted an opportunity. You go into the next year in the exact same mess you started the previous year in.

 

[Shutout]

Titans better run and run a lot this week or they are walking into a buzzsaw.

 

[Bri]

Why wouldn't you just give Mettenberger a start? He couldn't possibly be worse than this guy.

Mettenberger had a death in the family. He was excused to miss most of practice this week and expected late in the week. He surprised them and showed up yesterday and practiced.

First time he would even have a chance to prepare to be the starter, he's preoccupied. Bad timing here.

I don't think he has a shot to start this week.

Which means there is about an 85% chance that Whitey goes out during the first quarter and Mettenberger comes in to lead an incredible come from behind Titans victory over the Colts... 41-38.

The Titans have played terrible pass defense the last couple weeks. It's very possible the Colts get an early lead and I would totally root for Mettenberger.

I think I might pick him up Friday just because I have a yuck spot and nothing good was available wednesday in waivers.

I am so beyond ready to see a "gun" play QB for the Titans

 

[Bojang0301]

Why wouldn't you just give Mettenberger a start? He couldn't possibly be worse than this guy.

Because this is the NFL, you don't just gift games away. You try to make the playoffs because anything can happen there and it makes you look reputable.

You know what it really does? It sets you back years when you playoff pipedream fails miserably and you wasted a whole year without giving the guy you drafted an opportunity. You go into the next year in the exact same mess you started the previous year in.

Yep, the Cardinals put themselves into a real mess starting Drew Stanton over Logan Thomas. Mettenberger was a 6th rounder for a reason. Most QB's are able to throw a quarter mile in the NFL and it really means just about nothing.

 

[Acrobat7]

I'm surprised Whitehurst is still in the league.

Mettenburg owner in my start 2QB dynasty league is probably

Yep, have Locker and Mettenburg.

 

[Bri]

Why wouldn't you just give Mettenberger a start? He couldn't possibly be worse than this guy.

Because this is the NFL, you don't just gift games away. You try to make the playoffs because anything can happen there and it makes you look reputable.

You know what it really does? It sets you back years when you playoff pipedream fails miserably and you wasted a whole year without giving the guy you drafted an opportunity. You go into the next year in the exact same mess you started the previous year in.

Yep, the Cardinals put themselves into a real mess starting Drew Stanton over Logan Thomas. Mettenberger was a 6th rounder for a reason. Most QB's are able to throw a quarter mile in the NFL and it really means just about nothing.

I was surprised Stanton was even in the NFL. I thought he was gone like Henson and Hutchinson.

Mettenberger fell with good reason-he was kicked off Georgia for something that IIRC was some sexual fraternity prank thing ya just don't do yet fraternity kids do and...it was wrong, very wrong.

He went to some junior college did well and then did well at LSU.

He has a long delivery that scouts said would get him sacked often if he didn't speed it up or they didn't have an excellent OL.

His arm has always been praised and I think you understated it above. He's big and has a gun.

He was 4th 5th round talent and people said it'd depend how he responded to NFL teams questioning his time at Georgia. He fell to the 6th so I'm guessing that didn't go well.

 

[CalBear]

You know what it really does? It sets you back years when you playoff pipedream fails miserably and you wasted a whole year without giving the guy you drafted an opportunity. You go into the next year in the exact same mess you started the previous year in.

No, you go into the next year with a QB who had time to learn the ropes, learn the offense, and be ready for his opportunity, rather than being thrown to the wolves unprepared and less than a year off ACL surgery. The record of QBs who started as rookies is worse than the record of QBs who started later.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I'm surprised Whitehurst is still in the league.

Mettenburg owner in my start 2QB dynasty league is probably

I wonder how Titans fans feel. Whitehurst probably isn't going to do naything, based on his past.

 

[RealReactions]

Honestly after watching locker he can't be much worse. Locker couldn't even hit a 10yard slant accurately. I feel in ppr maybe wright gets a bump and maybe walker too because they are the the quick short throws. Can't see whitehurst taking shots down the field under pressure the whole game and honestly like I said can't do much worse than locker on his accuracy.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Honestly after watching locker he can't be much worse. Locker couldn't even hit a 10yard slant accurately. I feel in ppr maybe wright gets a bump and maybe walker too because they are the the quick short throws. Can't see whitehurst taking shots down the field under pressure the whole game and honestly like I said can't do much worse than locker on his accuracy.

Well I mean as opposed to Mettenberger. I would think the locals would be clammoring for him to have a shot.

 

[RealReactions]

Honestly after watching locker he can't be much worse. Locker couldn't even hit a 10yard slant accurately. I feel in ppr maybe wright gets a bump and maybe walker too because they are the the quick short throws. Can't see whitehurst taking shots down the field under pressure the whole game and honestly like I said can't do much worse than locker on his accuracy.

Well I mean as opposed to Mettenberger. I would think the locals would be clammoring for him to have a shot.

I agree that locals probably want him to get his shot but I agree with the office by not just throwing him into a feeding zone and lowering his confidence. Its just these past few years that we just assume that rookies should be able to come in and play at a great level immediately even though its only a very few cases that this has worked. Its better to have him sit and learn the offense before getting a chance to start. This way he learns from other peoples mistakes and not his own. Just my thought atleast.

 

[Faust]

Three thoughts on Charlie Whitehurst:

http://espn.go.com/blog/tennessee-titans/post/_/id/9463/three-thoughts-on-charlie-whitehurst

 

[Bri]

Watched several press conferences from this week-

Mettenberger isn't even mentioned.

Whisenhunt says the same things over n over about Whitehurst and he does not look concerned at all. He believes Whitehurst will get it done and eventually goes toward an almost annoyed attitude about people questioning his boy.

Locker threw some yesterday but didn't do much.

Today, Saturday, they'll decide.

Just an FYI, Locker's opinion comes with a grain of salt at Titans facilities. He always wants to go in and play through everything. Despite injuries often in his career, many seem to make it like he'd play on one leg if he was allowed. I imagine it's going to be about swelling from a minimal practice and if the coach can see him make some tough throws and sort of show him the wrist is OK. They don't do much on Saturday's so it's not like they'll have some full practice to run him through and test out the wrist.

Him throwing has me thinking we can pencil him in for next week against the Browns and this is a one week fill-in.

 

[Titan]

I hope the Titans go into full "suck for Mariota" mode.

 

[Faust]

Charlie Whitehurst says he's ready to start for Titans

 

[Tool]

anyone have any new info that might've come out today on who's starting? I'm in a 2qb league and need to set my lineup by tonight.

 

[seahawk 17]

Whitehurst is horrible, I don't understand how he has a job?

 

[Bri]

anyone have any new info that might've come out today on who's starting? I'm in a 2qb league and need to set my lineup by tonight.

nothing yet

whisenhunt said they'd let us know saturday but I suppose he's not really held to that.

I wouldn't start either

 

[Billy Bats]

Whitehurst is horrible, I don't understand how he has a job?

He's made 15 million and started 4 games in the NFL. God bless the backup QB.

 

[Billy Bats]

Titans beat @jwyattsports: @kb_titann34 Walker said he's playing. If you think locker is you haven't been paying attention

2:52pm - 27 Sep 14

In response to someone asking "when will we find out if Locker and Walker are playing?"

 

[bigbrownbag]

Jake Locker is very questionable to suit up for this game with a wrist injury, which would open the door for Charlie Whitehurst to start at quarterback for Tennessee. Just for a moment, let’s go back and run through Whitehurst’s career:

• Whitehurst grows to 6-foot-5.

• He spends four years at Clemson, during which he fails to complete 60 percent of his passes (ending at 59.7 percent) and throws nearly as many interceptions (46) as touchdowns (49). The Tigers go 30-19 during his time in school.

• The Chargers draft Whitehurst in the third round of the 2006 NFL draft.

• Whitehurst spends four years as the third-string quarterback in San Diego behind Philip Rivers and Billy Volek. He does not attempt a regular-season pass. His only experience comes during the 2006-09 preseasons, during which Whitehurst goes 104-of-197 (52.8 percent) for 1,031 yards (5.2 yards per attempt) with five touchdowns and seven interceptions.8

• Seattle’s new brain trust of Pete Carroll and John Schneider targets Whitehurst in a trade, getting their man by sending San Diego a future third-round pick and swapping Seattle’s second-round pick (40th) for San Diego’s (60th) in the 2010 draft.9 They also immediately give Whitehurst a two-year, $8 million contract extension.

• Whitehurst enters into a quarterback competition with 35-year-old incumbent Matt Hasselbeck.

• Whitehurst loses that quarterback competition.

• Whitehurst plays in nine regular-season games over two seasons with Seattle, starting four, most notably the division-clinching win over St. Louis in the fail-in game on Sunday Night Football in Week 17 of the 2010 season. He is benched in his last start after seven pass attempts for an already-injured Tarvaris Jackson. Over the two-year span, Whitehurst goes 84-of-155 (54.2 percent) for 805 yards (a terrifying 5.2 yards per attempt) while throwing three touchdowns and four picks.

• Returning to unrestricted free agency, Whitehurst signs a two-year, $3.05 million deal with the Chargers, including a $1 million signing bonus.

• Now 30 years old, Whitehurst spends 2012 and 2013 as the backup to Philip Rivers without throwing a regular-season pass. He takes 12 snaps during his stint with the Chargers, producing six handoffs and six kneel-downs for a total of minus-5 yards.

• Chargers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt takes over as Tennessee’s head coach and brings Whitehurst along for the ride, giving the now 32-year-old a two-year, $4.3 million deal with $2 million guaranteed.

There are virtually no reasons to think that Whitehurst has any aptitude as an NFL quarterback. He wasn’t especially good in college. He didn’t impress anybody against third-stringers in the preseason. He was downright awful during the brief time he had as a starter, and that came and went nearly three years ago. The most obvious reason Whitehurst has continued to be employed as an NFL quarterback is that he was previously employed as an NFL quarterback.

For that résumé, Whitehurst has earned in excess of $15 million during his time in the NFL, with more than $1 million to come in 2015. Whitehurst is the definition of a replacement-level quarterback; in a totally free market, I suspect you could have offered him $35,000 a year (with serious playing-time incentives) to do the same job and he would have happily taken it.

This may sound like I’m jealous of Whitehurst or bitter about his success. I’m only jealous of his hair. In general, I’m wildly happy for Whitehurst, who is apparently an incredible hustler and a really nice guy, because you don’t get cushy backup quarterback jobs if you’re a ####. Whitehurst has lived in some of America’s most beautiful cities and collected millions of dollars almost exclusively to practice and serve as a de facto coach. God bless Charlie Whitehurst.

 

[DLR]

But what do you really think about Whitehurst?

 

[ourmanflint]

Jake Locker is very questionable to suit up for this game with a wrist injury, which would open the door for Charlie Whitehurst to start at quarterback for Tennessee. Just for a moment, let’s go back and run through Whitehurst’s career:

• Whitehurst grows to 6-foot-5.

• He spends four years at Clemson, during which he fails to complete 60 percent of his passes (ending at 59.7 percent) and throws nearly as many interceptions (46) as touchdowns (49). The Tigers go 30-19 during his time in school.

• The Chargers draft Whitehurst in the third round of the 2006 NFL draft.

• Whitehurst spends four years as the third-string quarterback in San Diego behind Philip Rivers and Billy Volek. He does not attempt a regular-season pass. His only experience comes during the 2006-09 preseasons, during which Whitehurst goes 104-of-197 (52.8 percent) for 1,031 yards (5.2 yards per attempt) with five touchdowns and seven interceptions.8

• Seattle’s new brain trust of Pete Carroll and John Schneider targets Whitehurst in a trade, getting their man by sending San Diego a future third-round pick and swapping Seattle’s second-round pick (40th) for San Diego’s (60th) in the 2010 draft.9 They also immediately give Whitehurst a two-year, $8 million contract extension.

• Whitehurst enters into a quarterback competition with 35-year-old incumbent Matt Hasselbeck.

• Whitehurst loses that quarterback competition.

• Whitehurst plays in nine regular-season games over two seasons with Seattle, starting four, most notably the division-clinching win over St. Louis in the fail-in game on Sunday Night Football in Week 17 of the 2010 season. He is benched in his last start after seven pass attempts for an already-injured Tarvaris Jackson. Over the two-year span, Whitehurst goes 84-of-155 (54.2 percent) for 805 yards (a terrifying 5.2 yards per attempt) while throwing three touchdowns and four picks.

• Returning to unrestricted free agency, Whitehurst signs a two-year, $3.05 million deal with the Chargers, including a $1 million signing bonus.

• Now 30 years old, Whitehurst spends 2012 and 2013 as the backup to Philip Rivers without throwing a regular-season pass. He takes 12 snaps during his stint with the Chargers, producing six handoffs and six kneel-downs for a total of minus-5 yards.

• Chargers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt takes over as Tennessee’s head coach and brings Whitehurst along for the ride, giving the now 32-year-old a two-year, $4.3 million deal with $2 million guaranteed.

There are virtually no reasons to think that Whitehurst has any aptitude as an NFL quarterback. He wasn’t especially good in college. He didn’t impress anybody against third-stringers in the preseason. He was downright awful during the brief time he had as a starter, and that came and went nearly three years ago. The most obvious reason Whitehurst has continued to be employed as an NFL quarterback is that he was previously employed as an NFL quarterback.

For that résumé, Whitehurst has earned in excess of $15 million during his time in the NFL, with more than $1 million to come in 2015. Whitehurst is the definition of a replacement-level quarterback; in a totally free market, I suspect you could have offered him $35,000 a year (with serious playing-time incentives) to do the same job and he would have happily taken it.

This may sound like I’m jealous of Whitehurst or bitter about his success. I’m only jealous of his hair. In general, I’m wildly happy for Whitehurst, who is apparently an incredible hustler and a really nice guy, because you don’t get cushy backup quarterback jobs if you’re a ####. Whitehurst has lived in some of America’s most beautiful cities and collected millions of dollars almost exclusively to practice and serve as a de facto coach. God bless Charlie Whitehurst.

 

[SameSongNDance]

Jake Locker is very questionable to suit up for this game with a wrist injury, which would open the door for Charlie Whitehurst to start at quarterback for Tennessee. Just for a moment, let’s go back and run through Whitehurst’s career:

• Whitehurst grows to 6-foot-5.

• He spends four years at Clemson, during which he fails to complete 60 percent of his passes (ending at 59.7 percent) and throws nearly as many interceptions (46) as touchdowns (49). The Tigers go 30-19 during his time in school.

• The Chargers draft Whitehurst in the third round of the 2006 NFL draft.

• Whitehurst spends four years as the third-string quarterback in San Diego behind Philip Rivers and Billy Volek. He does not attempt a regular-season pass. His only experience comes during the 2006-09 preseasons, during which Whitehurst goes 104-of-197 (52.8 percent) for 1,031 yards (5.2 yards per attempt) with five touchdowns and seven interceptions.8

• Seattle’s new brain trust of Pete Carroll and John Schneider targets Whitehurst in a trade, getting their man by sending San Diego a future third-round pick and swapping Seattle’s second-round pick (40th) for San Diego’s (60th) in the 2010 draft.9 They also immediately give Whitehurst a two-year, $8 million contract extension.

• Whitehurst enters into a quarterback competition with 35-year-old incumbent Matt Hasselbeck.

• Whitehurst loses that quarterback competition.

• Whitehurst plays in nine regular-season games over two seasons with Seattle, starting four, most notably the division-clinching win over St. Louis in the fail-in game on Sunday Night Football in Week 17 of the 2010 season. He is benched in his last start after seven pass attempts for an already-injured Tarvaris Jackson. Over the two-year span, Whitehurst goes 84-of-155 (54.2 percent) for 805 yards (a terrifying 5.2 yards per attempt) while throwing three touchdowns and four picks.

• Returning to unrestricted free agency, Whitehurst signs a two-year, $3.05 million deal with the Chargers, including a $1 million signing bonus.

• Now 30 years old, Whitehurst spends 2012 and 2013 as the backup to Philip Rivers without throwing a regular-season pass. He takes 12 snaps during his stint with the Chargers, producing six handoffs and six kneel-downs for a total of minus-5 yards.

• Chargers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt takes over as Tennessee’s head coach and brings Whitehurst along for the ride, giving the now 32-year-old a two-year, $4.3 million deal with $2 million guaranteed.

There are virtually no reasons to think that Whitehurst has any aptitude as an NFL quarterback. He wasn’t especially good in college. He didn’t impress anybody against third-stringers in the preseason. He was downright awful during the brief time he had as a starter, and that came and went nearly three years ago. The most obvious reason Whitehurst has continued to be employed as an NFL quarterback is that he was previously employed as an NFL quarterback.

For that résumé, Whitehurst has earned in excess of $15 million during his time in the NFL, with more than $1 million to come in 2015. Whitehurst is the definition of a replacement-level quarterback; in a totally free market, I suspect you could have offered him $35,000 a year (with serious playing-time incentives) to do the same job and he would have happily taken it.

This may sound like I’m jealous of Whitehurst or bitter about his success. I’m only jealous of his hair. In general, I’m wildly happy for Whitehurst, who is apparently an incredible hustler and a really nice guy, because you don’t get cushy backup quarterback jobs if you’re a ####. Whitehurst has lived in some of America’s most beautiful cities and collected millions of dollars almost exclusively to practice and serve as a de facto coach. God bless Charlie Whitehurst.

Yes. This post was incredible.

 

[Billy Bats]

God bless Charlie Whitehurst.

Yes. This post was incredible.

Let's give credit where it's due: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/nfl-week-4-coaches-marvin-lewis-chip-kelly-bruce-arians/

 

[Billy Bats]

Rappaport: Barring a surprising improvement, #Titans QB Jake Locker (wrist) wont play today vs. #Colts, Im told. Plan is to see Charlie Whitehurst

6:09am - 28 Sep 14

Schefter: Tennessee will start QB Charlie Whitehurst in place of the injured Jake Locker today at Indianapolis.

5:34am - 28 Sep 14

.

 

[Dondante]

So does this make the Titans running game a better or worse play? I'm confused.

 

[mr roboto]

God bless Charlie Whitehurst.

Yes. This post was incredible.

Let's give credit where it's due: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/nfl-week-4-coaches-marvin-lewis-chip-kelly-bruce-arians/

Must be a Tim alias.

 

[Henry Ford]

Why wouldn't you just give Mettenberger a start? He couldn't possibly be worse than this guy.

Because this is the NFL, you don't just gift games away. You try to make the playoffs because anything can happen there and it makes you look reputable.

You know what it really does? It sets you back years when you playoff pipedream fails miserably and you wasted a whole year without giving the guy you drafted an opportunity. You go into the next year in the exact same mess you started the previous year in.

Yep, the Cardinals put themselves into a real mess starting Drew Stanton over Logan Thomas. Mettenberger was a 6th rounder for a reason. Most QB's are able to throw a quarter mile in the NFL and it really means just about nothing.

Yup. Kid's a poor man's Byron Leftwich.

 

[bigbrownbag]

God bless Charlie Whitehurst.

Yes. This post was incredible.

Let's give credit where it's due: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/nfl-week-4-coaches-marvin-lewis-chip-kelly-bruce-arians/

Plagiarism!

 

[JohnnyU]

RIP Charlie Whitehurst because the Colts defense is going to kill him today.

 

[Faust]

Is Ken Whisenhunt right about Charlie Whitehurst?

 

[Bri]

We have a few games to look at Whitehurst now.

He's been terrible in the second half and rather impressive in the first.

Biggest road comeback ever and almost handed the Jags a win

He's been curiously good on 3rd and a bunch.

What I see happening is the Titans brought back last year's junky offense or have this 1960s offense to barely throw the rock once they're ahead-almost scared with a lead. Whitehurst probably had 70ish yards per game in the second half of each of these three games. If they had some beast of a RB that could close out a D, this would work. They don't though. Run more often, slow the clock down with a lead, that's all fine in a conservative fashion when a team has a lead, but they still have to throw and it's gotta be more than 4-5 yards. NFL defenses, even the lesser teams, are way too talented to only give them 5 yards of a field to cover.

The same prob as with Jake- once he has a lead(like let's dust off the junk offense) few passes to the WRs and the ones that are are so forced and ugly. I'm confident any offensive success they have is because of the high concern for Hunter and Wright and at certain times Walker making a tough traffic grab to keep the drive alive. It can't be that they take their own players out of the game. One slant to Wright one out to Hunter would do a whole lot of good in their conservative offense.

One thing that bothers me is the Titans almost never use any motion on offense. Doesn't a player like Wright demand you move him presnap and see if you've got a matchup you might as well take the gimme on? I saw on one site, it's less than five plays this year they've had a player in motion. Also, they've had their backup TE(now injured) Taylor Thompson play some FB. Wouldn't any OC move that guy on some plays?

There was a whole deal about simplifying an offense and making it suit Jake(which I also assume means Charlie of little experience) during the offseason. At this point it seems to mean no motion and cut out the WRs for parts of the game.