seminoles1 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 13 minutes ago, deeluxx3 said: You don't break a bone in your foot because you got a s*** ton of carries in the 7 games prior. There's no correlation for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twotonebluenation Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, TitanSlim said: Sign AD/Foreman, trade for Ronald Jones hopefully for only a late round pick and go RB by committee. Why is this even a discussion, just put AJ at running back. Six one 230lbs. Easy. Next man up. Edited November 1, 2021 by twotonebluenation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Hope- Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, deeluxx3 said: you're picking and choosing when you decide that injuries are avoidable. that's why Evans/Julio/Hudson are relevant examples. you're saying that it's Vrabel's fault Derrick got hurt. You're saying Vrabel is choosing to give him the ball over-and-over and playing with fire that Derrick will get hurt. Well unfortunately injuries are part of the sport of football. injuries are part of the sport of football. if you're smart, you can minimize them. Quote Vrabel is extremely cautious w/ injured players and not rushing them back. That's why Julio is relevant. The last we saw from Julio, he was trying to re-enter a football game while apparently not 100%. Vrabel is not going to play him. Yes, Derrick is getting a massive workload. Yes, that is worrisome. Yes, Derrick has (to our knowledge as fans) been healthy all season. Don't recall him ever being on the injured list. So he's going to continue playing. You don't break a bone in your foot because you got a s*** ton of carries in the 7 games prior. the jones fracture is literally a repetitive stress injury. so yeah, you do break a bone in your foot because you got a s*** ton of carries in the 7 games prior. Quote We ask a ton of Derrick. But we need to because we need him, and frankly we've been unable/unwilling to sign/play a legit #2 running back. and whose fault is that? Quote So far, there have been zero reports of Derrick not feeling good physically even with the massive workload sustained this year. Yesterday he broke a bone in his foot. Really sucks it happened. But that could've happened on the first play of the season and it wouldn't have been Vrabel's fault then. If we entered the game knowing Derrick was not close to 100% and still gave him ~30 carries, you'd have a point. But we didn't. we literally gave him ~30 carries after he was hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Doom52 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 I know this sounds stupid...probably is...but I think this benefits us long term. Henry was on a ridiculous pace for touches, and our OC/organization is in my opinion running him so much to justify the contract. I know people wanted him to win MVP, but I just want to win games. The upside here is we have several games to figure out how to win games without him...we have weapons. There have been so many games that we have won when Henry was basically shutdown(yesterday) and so many games that he was shutdown and we lost because we couldn't just not run him despite the 10 man boxes. We should see more 5 wide, and I also think we will run whoever starts 20 times a game too...just not 28-35 carries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanRedd Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 15 minutes ago, deeluxx3 said: you're picking and choosing when you decide that injuries are avoidable. that's why Evans/Julio/Hudson are relevant examples. you're saying that it's Vrabel's fault Derrick got hurt. You're saying Vrabel is choosing to give him the ball over-and-over and playing with fire that Derrick will get hurt. Well unfortunately injuries are part of the sport of football. Vrabel is extremely cautious w/ injured players and not rushing them back. That's why Julio is relevant. The last we saw from Julio, he was trying to re-enter a football game while apparently not 100%. Vrabel is not going to play him. Yes, Derrick is getting a massive workload. Yes, that is worrisome. Yes, Derrick has (to our knowledge as fans) been healthy all season. Don't recall him ever being on the injured list. So he's going to continue playing. You don't break a bone in your foot because you got a s*** ton of carries in the 7 games prior. We ask a ton of Derrick. But we need to because we need him, and frankly we've been unable/unwilling to sign/play a legit #2 running back. So far, there have been zero reports of Derrick not feeling good physically even with the massive workload sustained this year. Yesterday he broke a bone in his foot. Really sucks it happened. But that could've happened on the first play of the season and it wouldn't have been Vrabel's fault then. If we entered the game knowing Derrick was not close to 100% and still gave him ~30 carries, you'd have a point. But we didn't. Yes injuries are part of the game & Vrabel makes it no better giving the guy 25-30 touches a game, especially uselesss carries even Shanahan sharpe said it last week, beating the chiefs that he counted at least 8 carries that were pointless we kept giving Henry… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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twotonebluenation Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Is there any chance or hope after the MRI that it isn't a season ending injury? Or is basically confirmed he is done this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanrick Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 I don't really understand all the "season-ending" talk. Everything I see online is that typical healing is 6-8 weeks. Henry is in top physical condition. Seems like he could/should be back for the playoffs assuming we make it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttitansfan4life Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 For anybody that wants this, lol. Yes we’re going to have to rely on the passing game more now but we can’t just go and be a 40-50 passing attempt offense. This OL is flat out garbage in pass-pro and we’d get Tannehill killed. Honestly I’d rather sign a couple RBs and go after someone like Gesicki. An explosive TE opens up so much more in this offense then a 3rd receiver. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanrick Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 I wouldn't have thought Melvin Gordon would be available... until about 4 mins ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titans fan 617 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Titans should definitely be calling about Gordon right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoToneBlue Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Melvin Gordon is the one guy I don’t want. Never been impressed with his play - soft runner and fumble prone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanrick Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Cam Newton is available... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ttitansfan4life Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 Gordon would be a solid get but he doesn’t exactly fit this offense. Definitely wouldn’t hate it and the offense does open up more considering you don’t have to take him off the field on 3rd downs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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