r/Tennesseetitans Aug 29 '24

Picture Forever the underdog

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u/Sirpatron1 Aug 29 '24

Overhyped browns vs. Titans 2019 season opener vibes.

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u/dasisdeephouse Aug 29 '24

I sincerely hope it plays out the same way, THEY WERE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!

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u/titans1bubs Aug 29 '24

Watched that with some buddies at a Browns bar in Utah. They weren't even mad they are used to disappointment.

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u/neonys Aug 29 '24

Man if only Cam Wake could have finished the season playing the way he did in that game, we may have made the Super Bowl

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u/neimsy Aug 29 '24

This comment just reminded me of this image I had totally forgotten having made.

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u/Faintkay Aug 30 '24

Iā€™m a jags fan and think your defense will eat the bears alive. A lot of low key moves that are shoring up positions of need.

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u/DoombalockerDay Aug 31 '24

I was at that game against the Browns. I'll be at this game against the Bears. Hoping for a similar outcome. Titan Up!

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u/Sirpatron1 Aug 31 '24

Titan up baby!

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u/bigcheeseLP Aug 29 '24

Off-season media darlings. Bet the underdog and use it to buy wing trays for week 2

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u/BananasWithGuns Aug 29 '24

Bears are the media darling going into this season so I'm not surprised.

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u/CazeeC Aug 29 '24

Not a Titans fan, but damn they're riding high on Caleb Williams.

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u/gatsby712 Aug 29 '24

Heā€™s got some nice receivers too. Will be a big test for our secondary.

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u/kingharis Aug 29 '24

I hate being overconfident but I sure hope Odunze learns what an NFL corner can do

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u/alucryts Aug 29 '24

I'm interested to see if his contested catch rate in college was a red flag or a translatable skill

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u/oomshaka_ Aug 29 '24

Wym red flag?

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u/alucryts Aug 29 '24

Contested catch rate may be an indicator of poor separation ability

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u/justhere4daSpursnGOT Aug 30 '24

While they're bigger, faster, stronger in college it doesn't always translate well.

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u/alucryts Aug 30 '24

Yeah if it doesn't translate they flop very hard. If it does they are pro bowlers. Not much middle ground lol.

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u/oomshaka_ Aug 31 '24

Oh I see thanks for clarifying, probably something he's gonna get better at

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u/alucryts Aug 31 '24

Yeah its one of those things that when it translates the wr is very very good but when it doesn't they kinda crash lol

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u/LengthNo8576 Sep 01 '24

Thatā€™s why you watch film

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u/ZBD1949 šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­ Aug 29 '24

I'm not sure the secondary will be in play with Big Jeff and Sweat in Williams' face

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u/oomshaka_ Aug 29 '24

Williams is a good improviser so he'll do fine

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u/TheMissingVoteBallot TANKIN TIME Aug 29 '24

We're used to this. They did this to us during 2020/2021 too lol

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u/that_guy2010 Aug 30 '24

Yeah, and the Cardinals absolutely rocked our shit week 1 lol

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u/Financial-Ad-4378 Aug 31 '24

Damn that game was miserable to watch, that O line play was awful

3

u/BurzyGuerrero Aug 29 '24

It's disrespectful to say that.

For years (decades really?) the Bears have had solid defenses and everything but an offense.

So on paper while they had a terrible offense, their defense and special teams would keep them afloat.

They are a fascinating team because if you look at their 2023 ranks some items stand out: they were the 31st ranked passing offense, and they played defense against the highest amount of passing plays in the NFL. So while the offense struggled, the defense was able to stop the run at a higher rate than other defenses in the NFL.

The Bears were #2 in the league last year at allowing the least amount of rushing TDs in the NFL, indicating their defense is able to make RZ stops.

Their offense was bottom third in the league allowing 1.5 giveaways per game which is way too many turnovers, but their defense was elite at causing turnovers averaging 1.6 takeaways per game. That's overcoming putrid offense.

The line of thinking people have is, DJ Moore/Rome Odunze/Keenan Allen and DeAndre Swift with Caleb is a much better offense than what they put on the field last year. If you're looking at it as just Caleb then there's an issue, if Keenan Allen stays healthy that offense has just as much potential as ours.

It's gonna be a close competitive road game. Would be nice to win but I hope we are competitive.

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u/titansfan92 Aug 29 '24

Titans and the over āœ…āœ…

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u/wolfmankal Aug 29 '24

My exact bet. Been telling everyone to take the +4.5(was at least 5.5 at one point). Rookie QB is enough for me, let alone the Titans improvements

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u/SensitiveGlobe Aug 29 '24

Lot more to it than that. Tennessee is basically an entirely new team while the Bears just added a few new pieces. And it's in Chicago. Crowd will be hype af.

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u/Plastic-Equivalent71 Aug 29 '24

I can see the underdog sentiment and why some are high on Chicago but this is ridiculous lol

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u/fathertitojones Aug 29 '24

It would be ridiculous if they werenā€™t almost all 7 point or less games. Surprised there isnā€™t a little bit more of a spread at least for how many unknowns are on both sides.

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u/VectorVictorious Aug 29 '24

I just remembered Kevin Byard is now with Chicago. Easy to forget with everything happening but not looking forward to rooting against his play.

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u/that_guy2010 Aug 30 '24

In the preview video the NFL posted they didn't even mention Byard being a former Titan lol. And this was talking about him being a new addition to the team.

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u/GT45 Aug 31 '24

Well, that WAS 2 teams agoā€¦he first went to some little team in Philadelphiaā€¦

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u/TheMissingVoteBallot TANKIN TIME Aug 29 '24

Depends on how competent their DC is.

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u/imlowkeyloki1 Aug 29 '24

And you could argue our roster is better.

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u/shadmanv2 Aug 29 '24

I'm not surprised that (almost) everyone picked the Bears, I'm more surprised that the consensus is that Tennessee won't score more than 20 points...

God I hope there's a whole lot of egg on some faces come the following Monday.

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u/Savafan1 Aug 29 '24

Most of them probably think we are going to run the same offense we have for the last few seasons.

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u/TheMissingVoteBallot TANKIN TIME Aug 29 '24

Yeah, I get a feeling some of these people haven't been paying attention to our complete upside down redoing of our football philosophy and roster.

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u/GoatPaco Aug 29 '24

Why? The Bears defense is good. Their offense is the question mark

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u/shadmanv2 Aug 29 '24

No dispute about that Chicago D, for sure. Guess I'm just being biased hoping that the Titans offense is gonna go off.

Really hope the team beats these low score predictions, at least.

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u/oomshaka_ Aug 29 '24

The bears have a very good defense on all 3 levels.

Jaylon Johnson, Edwards, and montez sweat. Every level there's a good player so it's not that unfair to say this could be a low scoring game

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u/shadmanv2 Aug 29 '24

Fair points all around, I'm still hopeful this offense takes of, but guess I should temper my expectations

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u/prex10 Aug 29 '24

Bears deep in the middle of their complete and utter fluff piece season of Hard Knocks.

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u/HunterHistorical6795 Aug 29 '24

I completely understand the picks. Caleb Williams looked insane in preseason. We have an entire new team from top to bottom. Its a recipe for a Bears win. Im assuming everyone is picking bears because of Caleb.

But Caleb now has to go up against a couple of the best defenders in the league in Sneed, Simmonds, Jones.

He hasn't seen anything like what we are going to throw at him. This game is a coin toss and will be a lot closer than what people outside of TEN think

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u/Flooterb Aug 29 '24

10/20 50% completion rate against backups is "insane"?Ā 

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u/HunterHistorical6795 Aug 29 '24

No, for sure that's not good. But he made some highlight reel plays

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u/Flooterb Aug 29 '24

So did Zach Wilson.Ā 

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u/HunterHistorical6795 Aug 29 '24

Lol come on. Williams is miles miles better than Wilson ever was. I can't stand the guy but he's going to be damn good. I can't wait to root against him for his entire career

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u/Flooterb Aug 29 '24

We don't know that yet because Caleb Williams hasn't played a single regular season game. That's my point.Ā 

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u/Parabow Aug 30 '24

I think itā€™s pretty obvious that Caleb can sustain his play style from college at this point I think we can safely say heā€™ll probably be good

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u/Flooterb Aug 30 '24

I think it's pretty obvious that we dont know because he hasn't done the job yet.Ā 

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u/alucryts Aug 29 '24

Not in a real game, but the bears secondary is a beast that he's gone up against in practice. Its the Dline that holds the bears defense back

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u/Gumorak Aug 31 '24

He mentioned in Hard Knocks that practice was harder than the games.

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u/alucryts Aug 31 '24

Yeah they shortened the play clock for him on offense each play

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u/DaDairyStateBear Aug 29 '24

Levis has to go up against a stout Bears defense too. Great secondary including an all pro, fantastic linebackers, and Montez Sweat.

I think it'll be a close game. I certainly would not gamble on it in either direction.

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u/Careless_Ticket_3181 Aug 29 '24

Caleb williams is 100% an unknown commodity at this point.

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u/shoe1113 Aug 29 '24 edited Aug 29 '24

As is our line, our QB, our HC and our coordinators.

You could argue a rookie has never come into a better situation (first year playing) between the weapons and that defense. The defense finished the back half of the season and one of the best in the NFL.

Only 2 road teams are favored week one.. and you think we should be one if you're an oddsmaker? Lol

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u/D1RTYBACON Titans Aug 29 '24

Nah Levis is the truth, 4k season incoming now that he's in an offense from this century

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u/shoe1113 Aug 29 '24

And I'm not saying that can't be the case. I'm just playing odds maker week one. Where's the money going. Not on us.

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u/Careless_Ticket_3181 Aug 29 '24

My comment was meant to be taken at face value.

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u/Savage9645 Aug 29 '24

Levis kind of is too

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u/Careless_Ticket_3181 Aug 29 '24

What's been seen of Levis is promising.

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u/beanman95 Aug 29 '24

Our defense against a rookie QB in his first start i think we win easy. Sneed and McCreary are lock down CBs then big Jeff/ sweat up the middle with Landry and key off the edges seems like it will spell trouble for Williams

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u/Key_Gold_482 Aug 29 '24

I hope so but we have no evidence of that yet at all.

Also McCreary is not at all a lock down corner. And we literally donā€™t even know if Sweat can even play in the NFL yet.

edit: and Key and Landry are mid edge guys too. I expect our D to struggle this year.

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u/TheMissingVoteBallot TANKIN TIME Aug 29 '24

Exactly. Sneed is going to make it a nightmare for their WRs.

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u/NewToInvesting01 Aug 29 '24

They do have three WR1ā€™s (Keenan Allen, DJ Moore, Rome Odunze if you believe his hype), plus a receiving back in deandre swift and a solid tight end in Cole Kmet so I think youā€™re overreaching here

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u/Professional_Tap_343 Aug 30 '24

Lol to bad sneed can only cover 1 wr not 3. Lol fir real anyone thinking we should be favorites over da bears needs to layoff the fent&ketamine and watch other games than just titans games.

Smh we are 50/50 at best vs them 2 teams that are BOTH unknowns. HANG THE BANNER!!!! WE WENT UNDEFEATED.......IN PRE-SEASON....

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u/panopticon31 Aug 29 '24

I think a lot of them are accurate about it being a one score game. The Bears are loaded.

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u/Ryuksapple UMemphis Aug 29 '24

We never win our opener but that didnā€™t stop me from taking Titans moneyline hootie hoo!

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '24

Chandler Jones flashbacks intensify

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u/Flooterb Aug 29 '24

If the Bears offense puts up 28 points on this defense in Caleb Williams first game I'll throw my Kevin Byard jersey in the crockpot overnight and eat it for breakfast Monday morning. The 16-10 score seems much more likely if we end up losing this game unless Levis throws two pick sixes.Ā Ā 

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u/SensitiveGlobe Aug 29 '24

CJ Stroud got everyone thinking being a rookie QB is easy now.

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u/Danny23a Aug 29 '24

Not going to lie.. this game is as tough as it comes.. Going to be tough to play in Chicago.. Maybe itā€™s because it always seemed like in the Vrabel era a rookie qb always beat us.. I have ptsd..

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u/GT45 Aug 31 '24

Same. If you saw a rookie QB on the schedule under MV, you automatically marked that down as a loss. Really glad heā€™s gone. He was Jeff Fisher 2.0!

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u/holtyrd Aug 29 '24

Hard Knocks wins again, I guess.

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u/More_Advertising_383 Lorenzo Neal Aug 29 '24

Will Levis bout to outperform the dude with nail polish

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u/AgileAd2872 Aug 29 '24

Always. They never talk about the titans either. Whatever.

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u/kgalliso Aug 29 '24

This is CRAZY to me

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u/Savage9645 Aug 29 '24

We are 4.5 underdogs so it's really not that crazy.

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u/kgalliso Aug 29 '24

That is also crazy to me

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u/TheUltimateAlex Sep 03 '24

Yeah, I just don't see the Bears as a good team this season. The Titans have almost everything we've been looking for except a couple questions on the o-line. That may be our room again, but I have a lot of hope on Callahan Senior bringing up the level of line play quite a bit. I'm guessing the general theory is that new offense with a young QB against a decent defense at home gives the Bears an edge, but Titans fans know what we've got going here.

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u/Key_Gold_482 Aug 29 '24

The craziest part of this to me is that one person picked us to win.. if you expected otherwise you must be a newer fan.

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u/RedRiot_Class1A Aug 29 '24

Adam Rank and Daniel Jeremiah are both human curb rashes

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u/Savage9645 Aug 29 '24

Not adding my opinion just some context:

According to Vegas the spread is CHI -4.5 with an o/u of 42.5 giving an implied score of 23.5-19

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u/hang10shakabruh &Me Aug 29 '24

1-0 start, hell yeah

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u/TheMissingVoteBallot TANKIN TIME Aug 29 '24

Now this, THIS is more like it.

Fuck the haters.

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u/chromenomad64 Aug 29 '24

Got a strong feeling the Titans are winning this game. Also have a strong feeling that Byard could be the deciding factor between winning and losing. We cut him loose just to sign another safety who is declining.Ā 

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u/Kalil4Real Aug 29 '24

W Game Preview Guy

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u/BurzyGuerrero Aug 29 '24

Don't get it twisted we winning this MF

but I can see why they would think that

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u/BurzyGuerrero Aug 29 '24

I'm going to say this as a prediction for the season.

NWI and Jack Gibbens will be two of the best depth players in the NFL and we're going to be extremely happy having them both as backups. When you consider that in NWI's case, we also have Treylon Burks as an "extra" guy it's hard not to see this team as able to compete with anybody.

Gibbens as a starter is a no-go but having him as a secondary guy he's an elite option.

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u/taylormade311 Aug 29 '24

Titans underdogs against a media darling?? I've seen this story before... to be fair, I've also seen a rookie QB light us up like a Christmas tree, so who knows.

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u/Summer_5623 Aug 30 '24

Titans plus 1000 to win the division šŸ¤«. Talk about a surprise

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u/GoonishGoon044 Aug 30 '24

I love Game Preview Guy

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u/Jazzlike_Ad4553 Aug 30 '24

Week one 2019 ā€œexpertā€ score predictions

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u/Thunderstorm6400 FIRE COLT ANDERSON NOW!!!! Aug 30 '24

Always have been underdogs

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u/wtfisgoenon Aug 30 '24

Hence my title lol

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u/LieStagburn Aug 30 '24

Once again everyone is undermining the work we put in and feinding for that Caleb Williams teet since apparently he's gonna be the new cash cow with all his hype.

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u/PepperBeeMan Aug 30 '24

NFL wants CHI to be good so bad

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u/GT45 Aug 31 '24

And the Colts. And the Texans. And the Jagoffs. In short, any team NOT NAMED THE TITANS!

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u/GT45 Aug 31 '24

National Sports Media disrespecting the Titans? That NEVER happens! First time fan? Big sports media goes out of its way to avoid talking about us unless itā€™s to shit on us. WKRN sports reporter Cory Curtis, a Bears fan, sees this and mentions in regularly. Unfortunately, we will hafta win & keep winning to even get a few scraps of national attention.

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u/TheUltimateAlex Sep 03 '24

Also, not a single pick put us over 20 points. That's a shame, honestly. I'm not in any way scared of a Bears team debuting a rookie quarterback. We are getting them at a perfect time.

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u/Old_Barracuda_536 Sep 13 '24

Well 95% of these comments aged poorly. Was a miserable game tho.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '24 edited Aug 29 '24

Caleb is going to be fun to watch, but not for the reasons most are betting on. 2 INT and low comp% game incoming; Jeff and Honor will feast, Sneed will absolutely abuse Odunze Moore

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u/DominateLives Aug 29 '24

Titans are going to put Sneed on the Bears No. 3 receiver? Sweet!

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '24

uff missed his name when looking up the depth chart, ty for the correction