Your Thursday Night Football Open Thread

TO THE GAME!

Colts/Titans:

-I get the feeling the Titans are gathering themselves for another run. Maybe not just yet but soon. They tweeked their underperforming D by nabbing Des King (who ran back an intercept for a TD in his first game. Thankyouverymuch) They also have taken above average cb Adoree Jackson off the IR so he’s coming back soon. The pieces are falling into place.

-Though the Titans don’t have a star on D, a “Super Sacker” if you will, they do exert what PFF calls ‘quick pressure’  more often than only four other teams. Significant talent upgrades in the secondary and a combined ‘team effort’ in pressuring opposing qb’s sounds like a winning formula moving forward.

-And that’s what a competent front office with long range goals in mind does-look for pieces that fit rather than making ‘splash’ trades.

-Here Comes Jordan Wilkins? He’s out-touched Jonathan Taylor 34 to 17 the past two weeks. Hell, last week Taylor had fewer snaps than Nyheim Hines. That’s what you get for fumbling, I guess. Not sure why Reich and Co. have soured on the rook but that’s what’s going on.

-This Colts D is the league’s number one by conventional metrics and has allowed the least amount of fantasy points to qb’s although Burrow and Stafford have very recently thrown for over 300 against them.

-Perhaps that D’s numbers may have been inflated a bit by the level of the competition. In addition to the Bengals and Lions, their sked has also included the Jags, Jets and Vikings. The rest of the way includes another game vs the Titans, also the Packers and the Steelers. They do get to pound the Texans (twice) and travel out to Las Vegas.

-Sad news you’ll hear about tonight-Corey Davis’ brother just passed away due to a rare form of cancer. He was just 26.

-Do we get to see Trey Burton in The Wildcat again? MAKE IT HAPPEN, PLEASE! Tight ends with rushing stats are a rare breed indeed.

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