Yahoo Sports’ Nate Tice, Charles McDonald and Matt Harmon discuss if the Tennessee Titans can turn it around next season under Robert Saleh and Cam Ward. Check out the full conversation on “Football 301” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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I’ve not projected the Titans to finish first in the AFC South.
but I think they, they could make a playoff push, because one, the Colts, man, you should be better than Indianapolis next year.
If, if, if you- It’s a weird spot.
It’s a weird spot for Indianapolis to be in, but the way they crumbled so hard over the back half of the season.
and now you’re just like, with Indianapolis, you’re, you’re more like, “Okay, look, Riley Leonard did some nice things in that last game.
Let’s- maybe let’s see what happens there.”
But that’s not as good as like, “Okay, we got- we probably got a franchise quarterback here in Cam Ward, right?
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we’ve got some good pieces on defense, especially up front.
I got Robert Saleh,” who you know, like, of what he has available, it’s probably gonna It’s not gonna be, like, the most diverse scheme you’ve ever seen.
But, but the one thing that I’ve always thought Robert Saleh is good at is, like, like, just what you have, we’re gonna get good at those things.
Like, he’s kind of like the guy that Dan Quinn wants to be, kind of.
Yeah.
Where- We run our things- We run our things- We do them well, but yeah.
And we hit, and we tackle.
Yes.
You know, like- Dan forgets about that last part.
Yes, yes, yes.
The whole tackling detail thing?
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Yeah.
Yeah.
Also, yeah, last year, San Francisco, young and fast.
You, I mean, they may not know what they do, but they’re young and fast.
Washington, old and slow.
Old and slow.
Yes.
Very slow.
And Saleh, too, like, they, all those guys play hard for him.
Mm-hmm.
Just to add on to it, but just to speak what you’re saying- Yeah … they’re good at what they’re good at.
Yeah, so you- it’s not the most complex scheme, but he- like, no one’s really enjoyed playing against his defenses either, ’cause, ’cause they, ’cause they finish plays, and, you know, once you’re When you’re confident in a few things, you play a little bit faster.
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Yeah.
if you can just, like, shore up, I guess, you know, some of the, the Looney Tunes turnovers from Cam, where you’re just like, “Cut that shit out.”
Yeah.
Yeah, the goof- You, like- The goofball … like, the one where you know- The positive spin is limit testing.
Right.
You know, seeing what he can get away with.
The negative is like- Right … “Okay, stop doing that.”
Like- Yeah, stop doing that.
Okay.
Stop doing that.
Like, and, and it’s something like where he, he’s obviously smart enough where he knows, like- Yeah … “You know, I’ve messed that up once.
I’m not gonna do it again.”
I mean, to me, it’s like, if you can just shore up, like, the offensive line a little bit, if you can find another weapon, I think there’s, there’s room for them to kind of punch through here a little bit.