According to the NFL’s official player participation information, here’s how the Tennessee Titans lined up in yesterday’s 16-11 loss to the New York Jets:
Offense (68 total)
QB: Charlie Whitehurst 43, Jake Locker 25
RB/FB: Shonn Greene 24, Leon Washington 24, Dexter McCluster 21, Bishop Sankey 12, Jackie Battle 10
TE: Delanie Walker 62, Chase Coffman 17, Brett Brackett 16
WR: Derek Hagan 67, Nate Washington 61, Kris Durham 25
OL: Chris Spencer 68, Andy Levitre 67, Jamon Meredith 67, Will Svitek 67, Chance Warmack 67, Eric Olsen 5
Defense (65 total)
DL: Jurrell Casey 46, Sammie Hill 41, Ropati Pitoitua 33, Karl Klug 24, DaQuan Jones 17, Al Woods 15
OLB: Derrick Morgan 62, Quentin Groves 41, Dontay Moch 22
ILB: Avery Williamson 65, Wesley Woodyard 44, Zaviar Gooden 2
CB: Jason McCourty 63, Coty Sensabaugh 63, Marqueston Huff 31, Brandon Harris 21
S: Michael Griffin 65, George Wilson 59
Beau Brinkley, Kaelin Burnett, Justin Staples, Jemea Thomas, and Khalid Wooten each only appeared on special teams. Antonio Andrews(!) and Terren Jones were both active but did not appear in the game.
News, notes, and ramblings:
1. The running back rotation is now kind of reminding me of the weakside linebacker rotation last year, in that it’s extraordinarily hard to construct a rational explanation for orchestrated, rather than ad hoc reasons why the rotation is what it is. Outside of the use of Leon Washington-a foregone conclusion at this point of the season-the rotation is more or less what I thought it should have been, if the Titans were interested in winning games. Given where they were and what the goals of the season could have been at this point, I don’t understand why you give Shonn Greene 24 snaps and Antonio Andrews doesn’t play at all.
2. Dexter McCluster got more work as a wide receiver, like they should have done last week. The time “not in 11 personnel” wasn’t quite as big a split from what the raw snap counts make it seem, from a conceptual standpoint, but again, given the wide receiver grouping for today, “don’t use so much 11 personnel” is a good strategy if you’re interested in winning.
3. Chase Coffman’s increased workload, after not playing much the last couple games, seemed to be the result of Brett Brackett’s injury.
4. Kris Durham, from 47 snaps last week to 25. This is sensible usage, see above.
5. Andy Levitre’s record of playing every snap this season ended with the final play of the game, when Chris Spencer was the only offensive lineman on the field. On the field with Spencer and Whitehurst were Jackie Battle, Chase Coffman, Kris Durham, Derek Hagan, Dexter McCluster, Bishop Sankey, Delanie Walker, Leon Washington, and Nate Washington.
6. Like Antonio Andrews playing zero snaps, I was surprised by DaQuan Jones only playing 17 snaps. After Ray Horton talked him up on Thursday, I thought he’d play at least double that.
7. With Daimion Stafford out, Marqueston Huff and Brandon Harris both made it on the field in the dime package. Huff seemed to be playing Stafford’s role, while Harris played slot. Unless I screwed it up, because I wasn’t paying enough attention to who was lining up where.
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