Easterbrook skewers fisher

I told you already, I thought he was terrible on Sunday night

Tuesday Morning Quarterback has long held up Fisher as an exemplar of the good coach, but Tennessee made numerous football IQ mistakes Sunday night against the Colts. Trailing 7-6 in the second quarter, Tennessee took a shot down the field on third-and-1. The receiver was open but the pass overthrown, and defensive holding could have been called. Now it’s fourth-and-1 on the Tennessee 46, and that cannot be the punt team trotting onto the field! Fisher seems to feel burned by a failed fourth-and-1 in last year’s playoffs. But that was then; this is now. Fortune favors the bold! I scarcely need tell you Indianapolis drove the other way for a touchdown.

Joseph Addai walked into the end zone standing up — all Tennessee defenders blocked to the ground by a Football 101 trap action — on the sort of goal-line, straight-up-the-middle moment that defines defensive pride. Later, leading 14-6, the Lucky Charms took possession on their 7 with 64 seconds remaining before intermission and drove 93 yards in just 40 seconds for the touchdown which turned Tennessee’s season inside out. So there was a debatable roughing the passer call on this drive. There was also a clearly correct roughing the passer call, and that’s low football IQ. Indianapolis reached the Tennessee 39 with 25 ticks left on the clock. Is there perhaps some small chance the Colts will throw? But Tennessee didn’t have a nickel on the field! A linebacker covered slot receiver Austin Collie — Indianapolis shows a slot formation 80 percent of the time! — who caught a post and legged it out to the end zone. Yes, Tennessee has injury problems. But the team’s performance in the final 64 seconds of the first half was atrocious. Forget the Titans.