Chiefs Coach Todd Haley Breaks Down Titans Offense
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Todd Haley spent a few minutes breaking down the Tennessee Titans offense on Wednesday and the words "big play" came up a few times. The Titans have some speed with guys like Chris Johnson and Randy Moss so making these guys go 80 yards in 10-plus plays will be key. They'll allow Tennessee to stay in the game if they start giving up 50 and 60 yards plays.
Here's what Haley had to say about the Titans offense:
Just running through them quickly, I think that offensively they have a quarterback in Kerry Collins who’s been around long, long time – 16 years – a true pocket passer with a big, big arm. He does a good job of spreading the football around the field to a lot of different receivers, tight ends and backs and can throw any ball that you need to throw out there.
He can make any pass you want -- but does he complete those passes? Sort of. He's completing 58 percent of his passes but he is interception prone at times. He's thrown six picks in 202 attempts. Matt Cassel has thrown five in 383 attempts. Collins, at this stage in the game, is an average quarterback. He doesn't do anything exceptionally well and he can manage the game.
Their running back, Chris Johnson, is one of the best if not the best back in the league. He can score from anywhere. He is as an explosive back as you will see. He can score from anywhere and he’s a threat to score at any time the ball is in his hands.
We've talked about him. CJ is awesome and we all know it. Stopping him is key but, more specifically, avoiding the big play is critical. If he's going to beat the Chiefs on 25 carries for 125 yards, I can live with that. But what you can't live with is him putting up 125 yards on 10 carries.
They have three real good tight ends that they utilize a great deal: (Bo) Scaife, (Craig) Stevens and (Jared) Cook. They see a bunch of footballs throughout each game and then they have a receiving group that as much or more than any group we’ve seen really stretches the field. I don’t know what all their time speeds are but they play fast and they stretch the field every single play. They look like they have a great deal of endurance and like I said, they move the football around to all of them and they all see the football a bunch. (Kenny) Britt, (Randy) Moss, (Justin) Gage, Nate Washington, they’re all very good receivers that can all score from anywhere. They have a number of explosive, explosive plays in the 70-yard range. I think at least two or three of them have catches of over 65 yards.
Big plays are a factor here as well. It sounds like the Chiefs won't have to worry about Britt and Moss on the field at the same time -- I'm not sure why they don't do that -- but both are enough to handle on their own. Collins, as Haley said, does have a big arm and can capitalize on a deep route.
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the Titans fans wonder the same thing, Joel
the Chiefs won’t have to worry about Britt and Moss on the field at the same time — I’m not sure why they don’t do that
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Yeah but when you have two talents like that
You get them both on the field.
by Joel Thorman on Dec 23, 2010 11:32 AM CST up reply actions
Chiefs Coach Todd Haley Breaks Down Titans Offense
And after Sunday, that will read…
Chiefs Defense Breaks Down Titans Offense
2010 Chiefs are on the rise. This is the most excited I've been since 'Nam...
And Joel...
If he’s going to beat the Chiefs on 25 carries for 125 yards, I can live with that. But what you can’t live with is him putting up 125 yards on 10 carries.
I don’t think I can live with anything relating to CJ or the Titans beating the Chiefs…
2010 Chiefs are on the rise. This is the most excited I've been since 'Nam...
by kcchiefsfan72 on Dec 23, 2010 11:50 AM CST up reply actions
Still rings true...
I don’t want the Titans beating us in any aspect of this game. I want the Chiefs to make this a statement game and OWN this clowns from the get-go…
2010 Chiefs are on the rise. This is the most excited I've been since 'Nam...
by kcchiefsfan72 on Dec 23, 2010 12:11 PM CST up reply actions
Funny Tark...
I know you’re joking and all, but that was a Larry the Cable Guy quote….
2010 Chiefs are on the rise. This is the most excited I've been since 'Nam...
by kcchiefsfan72 on Dec 27, 2010 12:59 PM CST up reply actions
go to Music City Miracles and ask ... nice guys over there
and honest about their team
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"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
Come back, Jason!
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Barely a mention of the Chiefs playing them this weekend on their site.
glad AP has some substance behind their articles and an OVERLOAD of information. helps me kill time at work lol.
by chiefsfan83 on Dec 23, 2010 12:43 PM CST up reply actions
In fairness...
They have many more important issues than who is next up on their schedule.
YAAAAAY! Now you go, lady!
Maybe Fisher has some foot fetishes
CHIEFS fan 4 life
by Charles # 1 chiefs fan on Dec 23, 2010 11:54 AM CST reply actions
I feel good about getting some pressure on Collins...
He is not as mobile as most we face. He does have the savvy to make us pay when he reads blitz… they can make the big play…. They have close to 30 points per game in last two . So even though they have been on a losing streak…. they are hot lately. We may have to out score them….by cranking up offense…. and making them earn every yrd when on D.Chiefs win 31-21.
"You talkin' to me? You TALKIN' to me ?" - Travis Bickle
Do you think
that our defense and their defense has an advantage since they both practice against fast backs in Charles/Johnson?
Jamaal Charles...Enough said.
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I doubt it.
I think most of the time, at least, your offense practices against the scout team (backups and practice squaders).
YAAAAAY! Now you go, lady!
was just reading about collins...pretty good numbers
he is about to pass montana on completion numbers to make him ninth all time, and Unitas on yards to be tenth…quietly done.
I think our key will be to get to him. I think our secondary has gotten to point where they can hold their own. But again, our offense, in this cold, needs to play Chief run football. Keep them behind and remember that harder and slippery ball in the cold for receivers. Same for QB..put pressure on him and his passes likely to be interceptable
Romeo is going to sell out to stop CJ this game.
and I like it.
Be Physical with Moss and he’ll quit early in the 3rd.
Dexter McCluster's 2010 "Broken Ankle" list:
9/13 vs SD, Mike Tolbert en route to 94-yard Punt Return for TD.
9/27 vs SF, Shawntae Spencer and Travis LaBoy en route to 31-yard TD catch and run.
10/24 vs JAC, Aaron Kampman 2 yards in the backfield en route to 13 yard run.
No Moss
Carl C, you don’t have to be physical with Moss. He is rarely on the field. The graphic they had in the last game was Moss hadn’t been thrown to in over 110 passing attempts or something along those lines. Which I think they said was somewhere around the past 3 games. I only saw him on the field a handful of times in the Texans game.
Moss has 5 catches for 62 yards and 0TDs in 6 games.
1 for 26 in Week 10 against Miami
3 for 23 in Week 12 against Houston
1 for 13 in Week 13 against Jacksonville
Now to the overall article. Coach Haley is right, give them a long field to work on and don’t get beat deep.
The titans went from 5-2 to 6-8 for a reason. Last week against the Texans. They had 12 penalties last week. And avg 8 a game. Their 21-0 run in the first quarter came down to the following breaks.
First series of the game. The Titans got the ball at their 45, marched it to the Texans 42. Got shut down to a 4th and 8 at the 42. They went for it and the Texans’s lost Damian Williams in the secondary for a 39 yard completion down to the 3. And scored 2 plays later.
The next series, the Texans returned the ball to the TEN 44. Schaub overthrew Foster on 3rd and 1. They went for it on 4th and 1. Titans stacked 10 in the box. Turnover on downs.
The third series of the game. Collins throws a deep ball to Kenny Britt on a post route over the middle. There is pressure up the A gap so he under throws it by about 5 yards. There are 3 Texans defenders around one is in perfect position for the interception. A teammate comes in front of him and tips the ball back to Kenny Britt who takes it 59yards downs to the TEN 2. They go for it again on 4th and 1 with a fade route to Justin Gage or the TD. 14-0 now.
The fourth series of the game. Matt Turk has a 23 yard punt to the Texan 44.
The fifth series of the game. They hit Kenny Britt on a 21 yard pass. Chris Johnson scores an 11 yard td very next play. 21-0
Those are about every perfect break you could ask for in big plays of +20 yards. And 2 4th down conversions going your way. Had that 4th and 8 backfired on them at midfield. The texans would have found that spark. They were still down about their loss to the Ravens. It took them till the 2nd half to get back on track. And if the Texan player lets his teammate interception the ball. There are two scores gone. The breaks just went their way last sunday.
If they're ballsy about 4th down, it could be a long day for the D.
I think Collins, especially under pressure, likes to dink and dunk. I think Haley’s overselling his deep ball potential. Tennessee’s plan was a healthy Vince Young, buying time with his feet and uncorking the deep ball to Moss.
What worries me is the talk about not being beaten deep. I foresee blitzes with soft zone behind, and that’s the domain of a guy like Collins. Chiefs have specialized in taking away the better part of your game and making you beat them with the worse part. Tennessee has TYPICALLY made enough unforced errors to play them the way that I suspect KC will play them. But Kenny Britt is pretty scarey and Moss can still make our short corner and our weak ball skills corner look pretty silly on the jump ball down the field. Will they need 2-deep safety, and if they go that route, can they still stop Chris Johnson?
My unscientific take on the trenches is that KC is above Tennessee in the pecking order, and Collins will not be very comfortable in the pocket, and that the Chiefs will be productive on the ground on the other side of the ball.
Britt
I’m really worried about Britt, more than any other player. I feel like we can shut down C.J. to a manageable degree, but I’m worried Britt is going to burn us on some big plays. He was on a huge streak before he was injured this season, and his first game back- last week, he put up some pretty impressive numbers.
I’m worried they’re only going to get better going forward.
-Robbie
Haley doesn't want Britt and Moss to get going.
Britt made a difference right away, when he came back. They could be cooking up some nasty sour mash in Tennessee. I think I’d definitely be about stopping the BIG play, before tightening the screws. The LB to whichever side Johnson goes needs to give up on the pass rush and defend the screen, unless they assign a safety or ILB (DJ) to play the screen on the (assuming) weak side, and just let Hali pin his ears back (likely).
Single back with 2 TEs might be something they think they can run and pass out of.
Not as worried about the Titans if it's an Old School type game.
But Fisher may feel his back is against the wall and goes for the trick play book. He has a propensity for that stuff.
by BCRavenJHawkfan on Dec 23, 2010 9:00 PM CST reply actions
trick plays? HA!
We Have none!
our trick plays were the option with VY and its diffrent Variations and 1 or 2 reverses this whole year.
we are plainer than vanilla, we are the flavor “blah”
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by Ice0ne (CAJ) on Dec 24, 2010 9:40 AM CST up reply actions

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