After the Bye Week (2-6) A Bold Prediction.

I have expressed optimism in my previous posts but now it would probably take a miracle to get to 8-8. That being said Vince Young did it a couple times. All things considered it won't happen this year (I hope I'm dead wrong). At 2-6 the Titans look as bad as they ever have been the last several seasons. But I firmly believe the Titans will play a lot better against the Ravens than people expect.

It is The Mett Show time in Nashville and that is a good thing. Most other teams are viewing him as a random third stringer who is just a patch until we draft Mariota, Winston, or Hundley. Whiz wouldn't like any of those QBs as we could tell with his treatment/play calling with Locker. Whiz likes the big, strong, pocket passing type of QB. Plus he already groomed, literally, Mett to look a certain way. Mett is the designated "Franchise Face" of the Titans. Now it is up to Mett to make Whiz look like a genius.

Teams generally don't draft 6th rounders to be the face of the franchise, but this is a unique situation. Mettenberger is as arm talented as any QB drafted in his class and Whiz believes he can turn that talent into a star. I believe too. Mettenberger has all of the moxie and swagger of a star QB. He has the talent and the weapons. Whiz built this team to fit his strengths, plus he drafted his blind side man in Lewan. Whiz envisions Mett and Lewan being the core of the Titans for years to come, and for once it would be nice, for us Titans fans, if it actually worked out. Let's do a skill position roster recap and see where we are headed.



QB Z. Mettenberger (His job to lose plain and simple if he has some success he is our guy)

RB1 B. Sankey (Really confused here. Whiz and him need to talk)

RB2 D. McCluster, S. Greene (Both of these guys have a role. Dexter needs to be more like Woodhead)

WR1 J. Hunter (All the talent will get better having the same QB for more than two games at a time)

WR2 K. Wright (Probably our best all around weapon up there with Walker)

WR3 N. Washington (Sad to say, I am calling it that he is gone and Whiz drafts another outside receiver)

TE D. Walker (Having hands down the best season and will help Mett a lot)

Looking at this on paper paired with our investments in the offensive line we should be a good football team. But what we lack is a leader, a franchise guy who can put it all together. CJ2K was always our face so we never relied on the QB position. Our defense was good, we ran the ball, and VY made some plays. That was our recipe for success (after the McNair Era). Now we have a whole bunch of weapons and still when teams play the Titans there is nobody they "have" to key on.

I am saying it now because this blog is meant for fans to discuss topics that Paul Kuharsky and Jim Wyatt can't. The Titans will beat the Ravens and we will have the first glimpse of our future. Mett will be solid, he may make a mistake but he will make plays down the field. Whiz will finally see the offense he imagined with his guy behind center, being protected by his guy, throwing to a bunch of talented wide receivers. After this bye week I fully expect the Titans to look a lot more like a good offensive football team. I am predicting a lot of Luck - Mettenberger match-ups for many years. I am going out on a limb and this may be crazy, but who wants to write or read a blog that doesn't take risks. I hope all who read engage in a debate calling me nuts or praising the guts. (That rhymed lol). You heard it here, Zach Mettenberger will be the Franchise QB for the Titans. It is his job to lose and I think he will take the opportunity and run with it.

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Shout-out to The TN Stud for having a great discussion that helped me write this post!

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