**TNF on Prime Video - Titans at Steelers** (-3, 37) 8:15 (1 Viewer)

[JoeSteeler]

huge game for Highsmith...5 QB hits and 2 sacks + 2 TFL

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I’m just an unfrozen caveman who’s never called plays in an NFL game, but if Porter was doing such a good job locking up Hopkins in the second half, why not move him around the formation a little more to get some different matchups?

 

[JoeSteeler]

Hopkins 0 catches 2nd half unreal

The Titan's playcalling in the 2nd half was bizarre all around.

Matt Canada secretly switched sidelines? Maybe that's why they had him on the field?

 

[travdogg]

hey much respect to #8

was trying to win the game didn't work out

he might be good if he gets some things cleaned up

gonna make a lot of big time throws if they stick with him

Would help a lot if he has protection.
Maybe they can get Fashanu or Alt.

Its super early, but not sure Latham isn't better than either of those guys.

Brock Bowers would be interesting, assuming Hopkins/Henry are still there.

Hopkins 0 catches 2nd half unreal

Not sure why the second coming of Tom Brady wasn't targeting his best receiver more.

There were several plays in the 2nd half where the Steelers were treating Hopkins like a punt gunner, with a guy in his face, and another guy like 8 yards behind that guy.

 

[Insein]

It's annoying how Amazon doesn't show the number of timeouts each team has.

Huh? It's on the score overlay

Where?

 

[Steelers4Life]

Part of me assumes that Tomlin would like to win a Super Bowl, in whatever manner that requires.

But another part of me thinks that Tomlin just loves to coach whatever is in front of him and maximize that talent. So he’s not really that concerned about the total offensive results, as long as everyone is giving full effort.

Just an uninformed speculative guess after watching them for many years.

Interesting....you think he'd coach differently if he hadn't already won one?

He coaches like he knows he'll never be on the hot seat because of how much ownership values stability. He won with Cowher's team and now has 3 playoff wins in the past 13 years and a team with a bad offense and a bad defense that's only good at generating pressure and creating turnovers.

I don't think he's capable of being anythibg more. His teams rarely make visible adjustments, he's terrible with challenges, and his teams have historically lacked discipline. But he comes up with catchy one liners in oress conferences and he'll never be on the hot seat. In other organizations, he would have been years ago.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Hopkins 0 catches 2nd half unreal

The Titan's playcalling in the 2nd half was bizarre all around.

Matt Canada secretly switched sidelines? Maybe that's why they had him on the field?

Impossible. The guy on the Titans sideline with a mustache said his name was Catt Manada

 

[VikingFrog]

I’m still of the mindset that the Steelers shut down the Titans. I don’t know why. I just watched all the Levis throws yesterday in the game rewind and saw Deandre Hopkins running free on a busted coverage… running free on a play that a defender stupidly gave up on because he thought DeAndre pushed off, his third td was really nice but it wasn’t an incredible throw by any means, that was all Hopkins… and his 4th TD was a nice throw across the field to the other side of the endzone which might be worrisome for a rookie again if better coverage exists.

He was behind on many throws.

He still looked good and Deandre is great… I just get a sorry feeling in my gut we don’t see it again.

I don’t own Hop or Levis… nor am I playing against them.

Vegas says this is a 20-17 type game. Give or take a few points to one side.

I’m going 21-10 Steelers

I’ve been wrong before… and I’ll be wrong again… but that’s where I’m planting my flag.

I said vegas said this should be a 20-17 type game. They we’re wrong. It was 20-16 type game.

 

[doeseatplace]

Vegas so good at setting lines

It’s spooky.

 

[VikingFrog]

Vegas so good at setting lines

It’s spooky.

Ha. See my post above. I disagree with them but they seem to be so close to being right more often than I am right. I should listen to them.

 

[Desert_Power]

Part of me assumes that Tomlin would like to win a Super Bowl, in whatever manner that requires.

But another part of me thinks that Tomlin just loves to coach whatever is in front of him and maximize that talent. So he’s not really that concerned about the total offensive results, as long as everyone is giving full effort.

Just an uninformed speculative guess after watching them for many years.

Interesting....you think he'd coach differently if he hadn't already won one?

He coaches like he knows he'll never be on the hot seat because of how much ownership values stability. He won with Cowher's team and now has 3 playoff wins in the past 13 years and a team with a bad offense and a bad defense that's only good at generating pressure and creating turnovers.

I don't think he's capable of being anythibg more. His teams rarely make visible adjustments, he's terrible with challenges, and his teams have historically lacked discipline. But he comes up with catchy one liners in oress conferences and he'll never be on the hot seat. In other organizations, he would have been years ago.

Please fire him then.

 

[JoeSteeler]

It's annoying how Amazon doesn't show the number of timeouts each team has.

Huh? It's on the score overlay

Where?

a couple people replied...there are small rectangles next to each teams' score

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Vegas missed both the total and point spread by 1 point.

 

[Insein]

It's annoying how Amazon doesn't show the number of timeouts each team has.

Huh? It's on the score overlay

Where?

a couple people replied...there are small rectangles next to each teams' score

I see those and could never tell they were different. Thought it was just a border.

 

[Bri]

Hopkins 0 catches 2nd half unreal

Not sure why the second coming of Tom Brady wasn't targeting his best receiver more.

He had 11 or 12 targets

 

[BobbyLayne]

It's annoying how Amazon doesn't show the number of timeouts each team has.

Huh? It's on the score overlay

Where?

a couple people replied...there are small rectangles next to each teams' score

I see those and could never tell they were different. Thought it was just a border.

wifey has been watching for less than three seasons and she knows how to find the timeouts

....just sayin'

OTOH the transparency is kind of awesome

momma always said to be nice

 

[Bri]

Whyle only had four snaps and game winner went to him
Chig nothing til final drive
Just make the switch and stop this

 

[BobbyLayne]

Whyle only had four snaps and game winner went to him
Chig nothing til final drive
Just make the switch and stop this

that's the Cincinnati kid right? man I loved his college tape, and dude can block too

 

[Bri]

Whyle only had four snaps and game winner went to him
Chig nothing til final drive
Just make the switch and stop this

that's the Cincinnati kid right? man I loved his college tape, and dude can block too

Yeah
Titans really wanted Ridder and spent a lot of time due to him and Vrabel is buddies with Cincy coach.
He made a funny comment after they drafted him that they better have, they've been talking to me for three years now

 

[BobbyLayne]

Whyle only had four snaps and game winner went to him
Chig nothing til final drive
Just make the switch and stop this

that's the Cincinnati kid right? man I loved his college tape, and dude can block too

Yeah
Titans really wanted Ridder and spent a lot of time due to him and Vrabel is buddies with Cincy coach.
He made a funny comment after they drafted him that they better have, they've been talking to me for three years now

Really deep TE class - 4 move TEs making immediate impact on their offenses (LaPorta, Kincaid, Musgrave, and to a lesser extent, Mayer) and then a bunch of good-to-great blockers like Whyle, Tucker Kraft, Darnell Washington, Brenton Strange, Luke Schoomaker. Of the latter I think the Titans rookie has the best path to FF relevancy. Right now *(very small sample size) JW has the highest receiving grade at PFF so heck yeah let's see what we got there.

 

[drummer]

This game thread went 12 pages...

You degenerates

 

[Balco]

Two observations:

1. Jaylen Warren should be dominating touches in the Pittsburgh backfield.

2. Would love to see Diontae Johnson with a serviceable qb. So underrated - people focus on the zero tds last year but he is always open.

 

[Boondocksaints]

Will Will Levis be fantasy viable this year?

 

[apalmer]

Part of me assumes that Tomlin would like to win a Super Bowl, in whatever manner that requires.

But another part of me thinks that Tomlin just loves to coach whatever is in front of him and maximize that talent. So he’s not really that concerned about the total offensive results, as long as everyone is giving full effort.

Just an uninformed speculative guess after watching them for many years.

Interesting....you think he'd coach differently if he hadn't already won one?

He coaches like he knows he'll never be on the hot seat because of how much ownership values stability. He won with Cowher's team and now has 3 playoff wins in the past 13 years and a team with a bad offense and a bad defense that's only good at generating pressure and creating turnovers.

I don't think he's capable of being anythibg more. His teams rarely make visible adjustments, he's terrible with challenges, and his teams have historically lacked discipline. But he comes up with catchy one liners in oress conferences and he'll never be on the hot seat. In other organizations, he would have been years ago.

Apparently adjusted enough to take Hopkins out of the game in the 2nd half.

 

[-OZ-]

Will Will Levis be fantasy viable this year?

SF? Probably.
Start 1? I wouldn’t want to start him. Tannehill was barely viable.

 

[Steelers4Life]

Part of me assumes that Tomlin would like to win a Super Bowl, in whatever manner that requires.

But another part of me thinks that Tomlin just loves to coach whatever is in front of him and maximize that talent. So he’s not really that concerned about the total offensive results, as long as everyone is giving full effort.

Just an uninformed speculative guess after watching them for many years.

Interesting....you think he'd coach differently if he hadn't already won one?

He coaches like he knows he'll never be on the hot seat because of how much ownership values stability. He won with Cowher's team and now has 3 playoff wins in the past 13 years and a team with a bad offense and a bad defense that's only good at generating pressure and creating turnovers.

I don't think he's capable of being anythibg more. His teams rarely make visible adjustments, he's terrible with challenges, and his teams have historically lacked discipline. But he comes up with catchy one liners in oress conferences and he'll never be on the hot seat. In other organizations, he would have been years ago.

Apparently adjusted enough to take Hopkins out of the game in the 2nd half.

Rarely, not never.

I'd be interested to know what exactly changed. Porter covered him almost 75% of the time and mostly played press on him, so I'm curious what exactly changed in the 2nd half schematically or was it just a normal ebb and flow of a game. Or did Porter really pick up his game in the 2nd half once he got his feet under him against a veteran like Hopkins.

 

[Joe Bryant]

This game goes over 36.5/37....take it to the bank

Can you elaborate on that? You're not worried about offense being behind defense on a short week?

Just such a low number for two teams that have real playmakers, even if the offenses are tepid. Also can probably expect turnovers to create short fields or defensive scores

I'm amazed again at how good the oddsmakers are.

36.5 for the total and it was 36.

The under just felt right. Anemic Pittsburg offense with an injured QB vs a wildcard rookie that went nuts last week. Plus a short week.

 

[Bri]

This game goes over 36.5/37....take it to the bank

Can you elaborate on that? You're not worried about offense being behind defense on a short week?

Just such a low number for two teams that have real playmakers, even if the offenses are tepid. Also can probably expect turnovers to create short fields or defensive scores

I'm amazed again at how good the oddsmakers are.

36.5 for the total and it was 36.

The under just felt right. Anemic Pittsburg offense with an injured QB vs a wildcard rookie that went nuts last week. Plus a short week.

The Henry rushing yards was a half yard shy. So many lost their parlays and again they had two plays to get four yards. That has to be so brutal for them

 

[Bri]

Part of me assumes that Tomlin would like to win a Super Bowl, in whatever manner that requires.

But another part of me thinks that Tomlin just loves to coach whatever is in front of him and maximize that talent. So he’s not really that concerned about the total offensive results, as long as everyone is giving full effort.

Just an uninformed speculative guess after watching them for many years.

Interesting....you think he'd coach differently if he hadn't already won one?

He coaches like he knows he'll never be on the hot seat because of how much ownership values stability. He won with Cowher's team and now has 3 playoff wins in the past 13 years and a team with a bad offense and a bad defense that's only good at generating pressure and creating turnovers.

I don't think he's capable of being anythibg more. His teams rarely make visible adjustments, he's terrible with challenges, and his teams have historically lacked discipline. But he comes up with catchy one liners in oress conferences and he'll never be on the hot seat. In other organizations, he would have been years ago.

Apparently adjusted enough to take Hopkins out of the game in the 2nd half.

Rarely, not never.

I'd be interested to know what exactly changed. Porter covered him almost 75% of the time and mostly played press on him, so I'm curious what exactly changed in the 2nd half schematically or was it just a normal ebb and flow of a game. Or did Porter really pick up his game in the 2nd half once he got his feet under him against a veteran like Hopkins.

It looked to me like he needed some veteran wisdom. Those two were pushing and slapping every play and Hopkins was winning. Idk what the tip was but suddenly he was winning

 

[doeseatplace]

This game goes over 36.5/37....take it to the bank

Can you elaborate on that? You're not worried about offense being behind defense on a short week?

Just such a low number for two teams that have real playmakers, even if the offenses are tepid. Also can probably expect turnovers to create short fields or defensive scores

I'm amazed again at how good the oddsmakers are.

36.5 for the total and it was 36.

The under just felt right. Anemic Pittsburg offense with an injured QB vs a wildcard rookie that went nuts last week. Plus a short week.

It's nuts Joe. You just felt the overs were cooked once Pittsburgh took the lead instead of tying the game with a FG,...you can only hope for a pick-6 at that point

 

[Bri]

Whyle only had four snaps and game winner went to him
Chig nothing til final drive
Just make the switch and stop this

that's the Cincinnati kid right? man I loved his college tape, and dude can block too

Yeah
Titans really wanted Ridder and spent a lot of time due to him and Vrabel is buddies with Cincy coach.
He made a funny comment after they drafted him that they better have, they've been talking to me for three years now

Really deep TE class - 4 move TEs making immediate impact on their offenses (LaPorta, Kincaid, Musgrave, and to a lesser extent, Mayer) and then a bunch of good-to-great blockers like Whyle, Tucker Kraft, Darnell Washington, Brenton Strange, Luke Schoomaker. Of the latter I think the Titans rookie has the best path to FF relevancy. Right now *(very small sample size) JW has the highest receiving grade at PFF so heck yeah let's see what we got there.

He's a high school WR that learned to play TE (and still played some WR) in college and totally looks it. He doesn't look like every other TE or WR but a guy learning maybe saying am I doing this right coach?
That's a good problem and I wish this was viewed better by the league in general- a guy obsessed with proper technique and coaching input.
He's quite tall and has a basketball frame. He needs some weight n more muscle but everything that ya need a TE to have he has.

Ya can't buy hands n speed n head n technique like that. Easy development in my opinion.

Chig is probably the fastest TE on the field in football and probably the best runner if they were all to play RB. Coaching to block and run routes well and concentrate so he doesn't drop the ball. The NFL is always littered with these guys due to the athleticism.
I'd much prefer a very good athlete like Whyle than an elite athlete like Chig.