The Titans’ offense has reached the point where caution isn’t buying them anything.
At 0-5, Tennessee is averaging 11.5 points per game, a number that’s not just ugly - it’s historically ugly. Paul Kuharsky said on Robby and Rexrode this morning that the start sits in the bottom 2% of 0-5 starts since the merger, and for this franchise, it’s a new all-time low.
That kind of production calls for a real adjustment, not just a little tinkering around the edges. Brian Daboll has been trying to keep the offense balanced, and in theory that’s a sensible place to start.
Good teams do stay on schedule with the run, avoid obvious passing downs, and make life easier on everyone else. The trouble is that Tennessee’s run game hasn’t been doing its part.
The Titans aren’t staying ahead of the sticks, and they keep ending up in the exact situations they want to avoid.
So maybe it’s time to stop forcing the same script.
A different approach would mean taking the reins off Cam Ward, sprinkling in more no-huddle, and letting him throw the ball around the yard. That’s a risky move, no question. Ward hasn’t been good this season, and opening things up could just as easily turn into a mess.
But what exactly is the downside from here? Tennessee is already averaging 11.5 points per game.
Mike Borgonzi spent a lot of money to get Wan’Dale Robinson here and the fourth overall pick on Carnell Tate, and that investment was supposed to add some juice to the passing game. If that was the plan, then Daboll ought to do something that gives the passing game a chance to matter.
Could it get worse? Sure.
Ward could go out, start firing, and throw three picks while the Titans put up nothing. That’s on the table.
But what they’re doing now isn’t working either, and at some point the only move left is to try something different.
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