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Pete Olski's avatar

Good news for Ward: the Titans just inked the top quarterback caddy on the free agent market. Tim Boyle, who carried Aaron Rodgers' bag with the Packers and Jets, can transform the off-field habits of the wide-eyed rookie Ward with a seasoned caddy's introduction to ayahuasca, dark retreats and blanket-wrapped barefoot beach walks. Pro Bowl selections may be years down the road for Ward, but with Boyle's tutoring, Ward could be the youngest QB in league history to attain Enigma status.

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Luis Guilherme's avatar

Or signing Tim Boyle (like signing Hackett) can be a harbinger of their leader coming.

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Ken Flaxman's avatar

That’s 1Td pass 13 INTs at a mid major college program Tim Boyle!

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Mike Tanier's avatar

He's a good luck charm!

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GT Counter's avatar

I wanna see Cam ward bombing it. And Jameis even if it does go to the other team 20 times this year.

Im nostalgic for Air Coryell influenced systems that have 5 and 7 step drops; want to throw deep and run the ball a ton to take advantage of defenses that are selling out to stop the pass. Or vice versa, taking advantage of stacked boxes by bombing them out of it.

The Ladanian Tomlinson chargers when it was going well. The Kurt Warner Rams. What the Colts were trying to do with Andrew Luck except without an offensive line to run block or protect Luck.

Im kind of over shotgun short pass every down.

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Joe's avatar

The Eagles definitely did a lot of this last year; these days passing is the default and Philly was able to exploit that by running a LOT.

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GT Counter's avatar

A great offense was the 2019-2020 Titans with great blocking; run game, and the play action off it that Mariota couldn't seem to execute but Tannehill played like he never saw anything so easy. As easy as hitting AJ Brown, Corey Davis and TE Jonnu Smith for big gains by a defense tired of being embarrassed by Derrick Henry. It was so old school. Then o coordinator Arthur Smith got wierd as a HC, the Falcons O made no sense at all.

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GS's avatar

I’ve never read a clearer, more comprehensible analysis of an NFL QB prospect. And the “club sandwich” reference was funny.

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Mike Tanier's avatar

Glad you liked. Hope you feel that way when I tackle Sanders.

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Skip Van Meter's avatar

If the Titans are to pick Ward I then want them to boost their run game beyond Pollard, with another RB and better OLs. I know they need other things, so many other things, but focusing on Ward, I saw a lot of his games at Wazzu and he had to do most everything and be the hero, which of course wasn't the best strategy. I think a lot of his improvement at Miami had to do with the Hurricanes having a better run game than Wazzu. The Titans run game is very blah, very bottom of the middle tier of NFL teams.

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Mike Tanier's avatar

They really need to fix their line. Pollard and Spears can be a good backfield behind a decent line.

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