Music City Miracles
The Tennessee Titans came away with a 23-20 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Friday night. Wins and losses in the preseason don’t mean anything, but you still don’t want to end it 0-3, especially coming off the year the Titans just had.
Cam Ward ended up playing three series in this game and going 2 for 7 for 42 yards. He got 35 of those yards on the first play of the game to Elic Ayomanor. The numbers would have been quite a bit different had Van Jefferson been able to haul in what was one of the best passes Ward has thrown to this point
There was some debate in the Twitter streets about whether or not that should be considered a drop. Austin Stanley of A to Z claimed that Calvin Ridley doesn’t catch that ball but half the time:
That is an absurd statement to me. I accused him of being a Williamson County homer #IYKYK. The bottom line here is that an NFL receiver has to make that catch. That was a beautiful throw that he got both of his hands on.
Jim Wyatt highlighted Cedric Gray in his “6 things that stood out” article. Gray was really good last night after James Williams was really good in the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The inside linebacker spot next to Cody Barton is still up for grabs.
Why are the Titans still giving Jha’Quan Jackson reps as a return man? He was bad at it last year and has been bad at it so far in the preseason.
The special teams overall have been pretty underwhelming. Joey Slye missed an extra point and failed to hit the landing zone on a kickoff last night. Johnny Hekker has been Shankapotomous so far, and there are still questions in the return game. Bringing in John Fassel was supposed to fix the special teams issues, but that hasn’t happened yet.
