AND HERE ARE A FEW MORE
My observations:
There were a couple of plays that I saw where clearly there was a miscommuncation on our D and a Dolphin WR was wide open with about 10-15 yards before he was even touched.
There were some incredible hits by our secondary, some of the passes were still caught by the Dolphin receivers, yet some were broken up successfully.
The Dolphins have some large wr's and I think this hurt our somewhat smaller DB's.
Overall, I saw some good plays by the Dolphin's offense and some good plays by the Titan's defense.
Hard to really guage in a controlled practice like that.
And another
Way too soon to tell
First of all, a lot of the drills were 7-on-7 and involved no pass rush (no defensive line). It's the first time in about 8 months these guys have seen anyone other than their own teammates, so I didn't exactly expect them to come out and shut everything down. As far as I'm concerned, no one should be drawing any conclusions after just one two-hour practice session against another team.
It's true that there weren't a lot of passes defensed, but then again, there were a number of times when the Miami QB checked down to short passes near the line of scrimmage. It's hard to see everything at once (especially when there is a horde of media standing in your sight lines), but it's entirely possible that the downfield stuff just wasn't open very often.
I saw one or two "deep" completions -- one second team on second team, when Beckham let someone get by him. Another when Dyson fell or missed knocking the ball away trying to stay with Chambers over the middle (no easy task, IMO Chambers has the skills to become one of the better receivers in the league).
I, too, watched the defense the whole time this morning, but I know I wondered whether the Titans offense had that same kind of "success" on the Dolphins' D (which has a pretty darn decent and veteran secondary). I think the offenses always have a bit of an advantage early on, as the two teams feel each other out.
What impressed me, though, was how physical the Titans D was, even when there was supposedly no tackling. They were definitely hitting. Hard. I saw a couple of passes bounce off Dolphins receivers' hands and it made me wonder whether they were looking over their shoulders a little bit to see who was going to hit them next.
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