Originally Posted by
KYPack
Actually Tank, Chip Kelly's offense is the reason that the Titans have a solid running game. In reverse. Kelly's insistence on shoe-horning DeMarco Murray into an offense that he was ill-suited for is the reason that the
Titans have one of the top running games in the NFL.
Titan's HC Mike Mularky is a fan of the same kind of O I like. A power I with a varied passing game. The problem was that Tenn's running game sucked. A poor OLine and average backs yielded no running game and young Mariotta was spending a large amount of time running for his life.
So, they fixed it all. Drafted a solid young RT with their #1 pick. Moved last year's RT to RG, a job he could handle. Went out on the market and got an established vet to play center. Took some of the best of last year's parts and came up with a LT and LG. Then, they brought in one of the league's best OLine coaches, HOFer Russ
Grimm. Grimm has long been known for his ability to build cohesive and nasty OLine's.
They still needed an I Back. Murray was the NFL's player of the year in 2014. Gained over 1800 yards rushing & was simply great. But he must have a stupid agent. He signed with Philly to be a back in Kelly's go-go college circus offense. An offense that values quick paced plays, but runs exactly zero deep I back rushes. And Murray sucked. it wasn't his scheme. In the off season, Philly couldn't wait to get rid of Kelly and DeMarco Murray.
Tennessee then got Murray in one of the great trades of the off season. They swapped 4th round picks with Philly. But from Philly they got a 4th AND DeMarco Murray. IOW, a dump job.
Now the Titans line up and run Y Right 30 BOB until you stop it. When you stop that play, they go where you moved people to make the adjustment and get some seal blocks with alleys over there. Young Marcus Marriota now has some time to do his thing and isn't running for his life.
The same transition that Tennessee made, I'd like to see the G&G make.
This will be a tough game for us on the road the Titans are even tougher than the Colts and this could well be our last chance to hang in there. The big card we can hang onto is the weak NFC North.