Analysis:
Coach Fletcher’s 1* NFL Exhibition
Total
Friday, August 28
5:00 pm Tennessee Titans at Kansas City Chiefs
The Pick Titans/Chiefs under 43 -110 Westgate
The weather could be a factor in this one – at least as much
as weather can be considered a factor in an exhibition game. The forecast as of tonight calls for a mostly
cloudy night with about a 30% of rain game time. There may be storms earlier in the day. Winds shouldn’t be a big factor at 6-11
mph. It won’t be hot at around 78
degrees, but the relative humidity is expected to be above 60% and that will be
uncomfortable.
The Chiefs played excellent defense in 2014 allowing only 17.56
points per game. The averaged 22. They’ve gone 2-0 in exhibition play. GThe Titans had a miserable 2014 going
2-14. Their porous defense allowed 27.37
points per game. Their inept offense scored
just under 16 points per game. The
Titans are 1-1 this spring.
The Titans need to tighten up their defense and fix it in a
hurry. In their first preseason
encounter they allowed 31 points to the Falcons. In game two they gave up 27 to the Rams. So in preseason they have allowed 58 points
or 29 per game. That just stinks in preseason
play. Offensively they scored 38 points
or 19 per game. I expect that the Titan
coaching staff will make every attempt to stiffen their defense today.
The Chiefs had an easy time in game one against the
Cardinals. They allowed the Cardinals
just 19 points while scoring 34. In a
tightly contested game against the Seahawks at home, the Chiefs pulled out a
14-13 win. So the Chiefs are averaging 24
points per game in exhibition and they are giving up just 32 or 16 per
game. The defense could be even better
this year with the addition of first rounder Marcus Peters at cornerback.
Tennessee is expecting KC to play this game more like a
regular-season run through which could well result in a stout defense. Hopefully it won’t result in a massive
offensive assault and maybe even a td pass to a wide out.
Of course everyone will be watching Marcus Mariota. He had a rough week one but bounced back last
week to go 5-8 for 59 yards. Zack Mettenberger will also be in the mix. We will probably also see a lot of last year’draftee
Bishop Sankey. Sankey and David Cobb
will be relied upon to provide a decent rushing attack.
Alex Smith might some some extra action in this game unless
he comes out strong. He hasn’t been
particularly effective thus far. Chase
Daniel is his back up.
Maybe the most interesting play in the game will be between
Mariota and two of the NFL’s best pass rushers – Tamba Hali and Justin
Houston. The disruptive nature of the
Chief defense may make it a long day for Mariota or maybe a short one if he is
having trouble. Mariota has yet to find the end zone in
preseason.
The Chiefs offense may be stymied again by the probability
that OT’s Eric Fisher and Jeff Allen will likely sit out. However Andy Reid claims that he is going to
use his first teamers for 3 quarters of the game which is highly unlikely in my
opinion. This late in preseason is not
the place you want to risk injury, especially to your starters. But Reid is a little quirky and he may do
it. I do like the fact that the Chiefs
may keep their 1st and 2nd teams on for defense because
it should negate much of the Titan offense.
The Titans are pretty banged up and it appears that they are not going
to extend starters past the first half. But
Reid will not doubt continue to attack on defense.
Rosters are going to be cut to 75 after Friday’s game so
expect to see some last gasp attempts made by those on the border. Four days later the cuts to 53 are made.
The game opened up at 42 and has crept up to 43 in most
places.
The Pick 1*
Titans / Chiefs Under 43 -110 Westgate
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Pick Made: Aug 27 2015 7:42PM PST