The Green Bay Packers in Tennessee Titans and in 2014, the NFL preseason preview

The Green Bay Packers last season and won the 8-7-1 NFC north. Then they lost the cold San Francisco 49ers in round a wild Card. Tennessee Titans, 7-9, south Asian football confederation runner-up, and miss the playoffs. Two teams targeted the playoffs this season and win their division and being crowned the super bowl champion. Meet the pursuit of these goals both teams started on Saturday, August 9, 8 PM ET, when the giant Packers in LP pre-season games. The last time these two teams met in the preseason was Sept. 3, 2009, at LP Field when the Titans won 27-13. QB Aaron Rodgers completed two of this three pass attempts for seven yards. QB Brian Brohm played the majority of the game since it was the preseason finale. He threw for 154 yards, completing 20-of-28 pass attempts. This will be the Titans’ first game under new head coach Ken Whisenhunt. Whisenhunt was hired by the Titans in the offseason and became the 17th head coach in franchise history, the third in the “Titans era.”  Mike McCarthy became the 14th head coach in Packers history in 2006. This is the first pre-season game for both teams, about three series for beginners to play. Preseason game can help the team back in the football match, but mainly they help guide employees to make the decision of the final list. Packers will want to see some of their talent, like HA HA Clinton - Dix, execution. The titans will do the same thing, but they may also have a closer look at real QB Zack Mettenberger how. Jake Locker doesn't seem to have the answer at QB Giants. Technology to both teams this season once they start of preseason game, but the score really matter? Not at all. It is essential that every team effort to succeed in a regular season begins.

Locker how to deal with a mistake?

Jake Locker made a terrible red area to Washington. Team Jason McCourty behind Washington cut from left to right before the end of the district, and through McCourty behind, unable to take back his hand. It bounce his shoulders and Bernard Pollard air plucked it out of choice. Perhaps the worst decision, the combination Locker camp. There have been a lot of practices where I thought Locker did well, with the exception of one big mistake or two. Too often, those mistakes are the sort that could be game-killers. Obviously it's unlikely any quarterback plays near-perfect with any regularity. And one of the things the Titans loved about Locker when they brought him in was his resiliency. Mike Munchak routinely talked of Locker's ability to forget something bad and rebound going forward without letting it affect him. I certainly still see that in Locker. This week, I asked him about how he views a play like the one I outlined above when practice is over and he had a chance to review it and break it down. "This is a chance to go back to see the movie, see if you can learn and improve," said Locker." I think you can take more sometimes you don't perform correctly, then you have a chance to learn from it. This is practice."
Don't repeat the same mistake is undoubtedly a great goal, Ken Whisenhunt and avoid Locker thought he did well." Our goal is to perfect the football, it's really challenging," said Locker." But this is not you repeat the same mistake before. This means that you learn from them and develop as a player."

Titans' biggest success

Tennessee Titans With the third pick in the 1995 draft, the Houston Oilers found what everyone in the league needs, Tennessee Titans A quarterback who developed into a reliable starter and could lead a team to victory. Steve McNair was unconventional in many ways Tennessee Titans He had unsurpassed toughness, Tennessee Titans combined great ability to throw and run and won the respect of his team with his ability to lead it. Tennessee Titans He had shortcomings, for sure, but ultimately, after the franchise relocated and was reinvented as the Tennessee Titans, Tennessee Titans he took it where every team wants to go. He took the Titans to Super Bowl XXXIV. In 2003, he shared the league’s MVP Award with Peyton Manning. Tennessee Titans Since his football fade and subsequent trade to Baltimore after the 2005 season, the Titans have not found a long-term answer at quarterback. They spent the third pick in 2006 on Vince Young. They went 13-3 in 2008 with Kerry Collins at the helm. They spent the eighth pick in 2011 on Jake Locker. But none of them has proved a long-term guy with the capabilities of McNair or any of the league’s current top quarterbacks. The biggest issue regarding the potential for the Tennessee Titans over the next three years is quarterback. They have to find, develop and build around a guy. Maybe they already have him. Maybe they don't. Perhaps Locker stays healthy and goes to new heights under new coach Ken Whisenhunt. If he does, the franchise would be in far better shape than conventional opinion says. Plenty of league insiders would be surprised if Locker emerges as more than he’s shown so far, which is a player who has the ability to play well in stretches but has spotty poise and a propensity for getting hurt. Tennessee Titans The Titans spent a sixth-round pick on a big, big-armed pocket passer, Tennessee Titans LSU's Zach Mettenberger who could be an ideal fit for Whisenhunt and develop into that long-term solution. Tennessee Titans However, Mettenberger was coming off a serious knee injury in his final year at LSU. He also has a character question, Tennessee Titans as he pleaded guilty in 2010 to two misdemeanor counts of sexual battery for groping a woman at a bar while he was a student and quarterback at Georgia. If Locker isn’t the answer, Tennessee Titans the Titans have hope for Mettenberger. Tennessee Titans But sixth-round picks who turn into solid starters are a rarity. In the next three seasons, Tennessee Titans the Titans simply have to identify a quarterback who can give them a chance to win and have him leading their huddle, end is it.

Jake Locker change better

Tennessee Titans We've covered the Tennessee Titans QB Jake Locker questions pretty thoroughly in this space. Tennessee Titans And we’ll hit them over and over once training camp starts, looking for any tidbits that offer any new degree of answers. Tennessee Titans In Mike Sando’s thorough run-through that places NFL quarterbacks into tiers based on his conversations with 26 people in the know including general managers, former GMs, evaluators, coordinators and coaches, Tennessee Titans Locker ranked 31st, ahead of only the Jets' Geno Smith. Tennessee Titans "We'll see," a former GM said. Tennessee Titans "Guys like Locker can be run-around guys. To me, Jake's die has been cast." His die has been cast. In other words, we’ve seen what he is a guy who’s a great teammate and worker who can flash, but isn’t always accurate or poised, can try to do too much and tends to get hurt. Tennessee Titans The Titans don’t think his die has been cast, they think he can still blossom into a franchise guy. So what can change him? Tennessee Titans The coaches and scheme: Coach Ken Whisenhunt is regarded as a quarterback guru, but that may be a bit inaccurate. Tennessee Titans Plenty of offensive coaches could have fared well guiding Ben Roethlisberger, Kurt Warner and Philip Rivers, right? Whisenhunt failed to help the Cardinals find and develop a replacement for Warner in his one big test of development. Tennessee Titans He is, however, a very good schemer and playcaller. Perhaps he, offensive coordinator Jason Michael and quarterback coach John McNulty can pull stuff out of Locker we haven’t seen and help him blossom. Health: Say Locker's luck changes and he stays healthy and gives the Titans 16 games. He's not a guy who lacks confidence when you speak with him, but he does seem to get swallowed up by the moment sometimes. Perhaps he can put together a stretch like he did at the start of 2013 when he was getting progressively better. If it’s uninterrupted by an injury, his confidence can grow and a switch can flip. Tennessee Titans The running game: Tennessee Titans The Titans expect to run the ball better without Chris Johnson getting the bulk of their carries. Bishop Sankey is likely the primary back, but they’ve got better situational ability with a group. Dexter McCluster offers a new dimension as a pass-catching back, and Sankey is good at running routes, too. A healthy Shonn Greene can covert short-yardage situations. Tennessee Titans Bob Bostad is the new coach of an underachieving offensive line that now has starting caliber players, which means the group should improve. That should translate into better protection and a better run game, Tennessee Titans two things that can alleviate pressure from Locker. The defense: Coordinator Ray Horton is converting the Titans to a 3-4. If the Titans can rush the passer the way they believe, they can stall more drives and force more turnovers. If the offense gets the ball back more often and with better field position Tennessee Titans an area a good crop of return men can help as well Tennessee Titans things will get easier for the quarterback. Tennessee Titans Most of this, of course, is about making the things around Locker better, so that Locker can be better. Final thoughts ... Tennessee Titans In today's NFL you need more A than B. Tennessee Titans If the Locker die is cast, we’re talking too much about B. Tennessee Titans

QB Jake Locker

Tennessee Titans quarterback Jake Locker said a good indicator that he’s making progress with Tennessee’s new offense is that visualizations are accompanying the verbiage he communicates to teammates. Tennessee Titans  Locker and the Titans concluded a three-day mandatory minicamp Thursday before breaking until training camp. Titans players are scheduled to report back July 25. Tennessee Titans Locker is recovering from a Lisfranc injury that cost him the last half of 2013, Tennessee Titans but was able to participate fully in Tennessee’s 10 organized team activity practices and the minicamp. Tennessee Titans He said that experience helped him better grasp his third offense in as many seasons as a starter. Jake Locker and the Titans wrapped up their three-day minicamp Thursday to finish the team’s offseason program. “For me, once you get the verbiage and you’re able to paint a picture when you call a play, that’s when it becomes really comfortable for you,” Locker said. “As you’re calling the play, you’re picturing the routes you have down the field, and that’s when I know I’m getting really comfortable. I feel with the majority of stuff we’ve put in, I can call it and see it before we get to the line of scrimmage.” New coach Ken Whisenhunt said that capability “makes you operate more smoothly, quicker, and whenever you’re more comfortable, it helps.” “He’s still got a ways to go, but it’s good Jake feels that way now,” Whisenhunt said. Offensive coordinator Jason Michael said Locker progressed nicely through the offseason program that started in April. Michael said Locker benefited by watching backup QB Charlie Whitehurst during a voluntary minicamp that was allowed to all teams with new head coaches, Tennessee Titans to participating in walk-throughs and studying film, to positional drills and eventually working in team periods. Tennessee Titans “How he works and goes about his business carried into Phase II (of the offseason program) where he was able to get on the field a bit more,” Michael said. “It’s been gradual stages for him to do more and more, Tennessee Titans and he’s handling it great.” Locker said he likes the combination of options that will be available in the Titans’ new scheme. Tennessee Titans “I think it’s a nice mix of doing the more conventional huddle, Tennessee Titans calling plays and having the change-up of being able to go no-huddle with a large playbook and run a lot of different plays from that, Tennessee Titans a lot of different formations and have the flexibility to kind of put pressure on the defense,” Locker said, Tennessee Titans.

Will Locker with Jurrell Casey

The Titans are one of them. 

Yes begin in the Titans Yates hits on the obvious reasons the uncertainty surrounding Jake Locker, the necessity of Justin Hunter to become "a refined route-runner who can beat physicality with his length and burst" and the potential for a mismatch between the Titans' defensive personnel and the new 3-4 scheme of coordinator Ray Horton. If all three of those things go badly, the Titans most certainly will regress. From closer range and admittedly tainted by the default offseason optimism, I've got a better outlook in some of these departments. Locker is undoubtedly the biggest question, and I can't say he's the answer until he shows he is. I am, however, buying into the idea that Horton and the defensive staff can get better playout of the team's personnel and won't waste a guy like Jurrell Casey. I also regard the Titans' offensive playmakers in a better light than Yates does. While Hunter and Bishop Sankey have to prove themselves, I think they could be good. And while Yates mentions Kendall Wright as a bright spot, he left out Delanie Walker who will also be a regular danger. Nate Washington isn't a long-term piece, but he can produce this year. A lot can change in record from one year to the next. We see it every year in the NFL. Everything is conceivable right now -- the Titans can soar to a big improvement from 7-9, they can plummet to the 5-11 range Yates sees or they can be average again. The quarterback question is a big one, of course. Better coaching and what should be an easy schedule are factors we should be conscious of as positives as well. Casey posted 10.5 sacks as a 4-3 defensive tackle a year ago. He was constantly disruptive and emerged as the team’s best defensive player. The Titans are shifting to a 3-4 this year, but have repeatedly emphasized they won't be changing what Casey does. Defensive line coach Giff Smith told me last week that Casey should face more one-on-ones in the new system. "He's a heck of a player," Smith said. "I told Case when we got here, he'll actually get more one-on-one situations out of our spacing than he would out of a 4-3 spacing. ...Our deal is to get him in as many as we can. I think he puts stress on offensive linemen, he's a difficult guy to block. ... "It's more of a loaded box where you have to man up. It looks like single coverage on the outside whereas when you're in 4-3 spacing, sometimes your backers cheat back to 5, 5 1/2 yards and they're on the second level and you've only got four guys up front. They can bump, they can chip, they can double (to slow you down). Where in a 3-4 with what Ray is doing and walking guys up, they have to man and they don't have the time to be able to chip and climb." That the sides are talking hardly guarantees a deal gets done. It’s a good sign the Titans don't feel like they need to see how Casey plays in this system before holding such talks. It's a good sign Casey isn't saying he wants to see how it goes before these discussions. The Titans would like to lock up a key cog long term, and Casey's price now will be at least a little lower than it will be in January if he has another big season. Casey can get long-term security and not have to worry about suffering an injury before signing and costing himself big dollars. What is he worth? According to Over the Cap, the top three total contract values for defensive tackles are Detroit’s Ndamukong Suh ($12.9 average per year with $23.3 million guaranteed), Tampa Bay’s Gerald McCoy ($11 million average per year with $20.8 guaranteed) and Cincinnati’s Geno Atkins ($10.6 million and $20.8 million guaranteed). I could see Casey coming in below those three, but ahead of guys such as Cleveland’s Ahtyba Rubin ($8.8 million average per year with $18 million guaranteed) and Buffalo’s Kyle Williams ($7.3 million and $8.75 million guaranteed). I’d guess the right number is an average around $9-10 million with a guarantee in the high teens. Hope they can grow up.