The SoBros Mailbag 349: Titans Despair and Titans Hope

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Let’s face it – every day we are routinely bombarded with questions. When you’re an emerging media company in Nashville, people just want to know what your opinions are on everything. It’s only natural. And, since our duty is to serve the people, well, we have no choice but to be present. That’s the SoBro Way. Also, aren’t mailbags just a barrel of laughs anyway? Welcome to the newest weekly recurring feature up in this bitch: The SoBros Mailbag. As always, hit us with those mailbag questions @SoBrosNetwork on Twitter, email ’em to me anonymously at thesobrosnetwork@gmail.com. And, holy shit, I need to update this terrible intro paragraph that I’ve been using literally ever since I started writing this column…

Question:

Answer:

Every once in awhile.

Question, from Dan on Twitter:

Why have we spent all offseason saying “the team lacks talent and will be lucky to win 5 games.“ And then as soon as we lose our most predictable games everyone loses their mind. Shouldn’t we be in losing season mode? How are young players doing? Are they playing? Progressing?

Answer:

Dan, I’m with you – I do think there’s some good in this 0-2 start, and frankly, the Titans have been MORE competitive in each game than I expected them to be. Maybe that’s why I’m a little more lenient. But, to specifically answer your question, it’s something I posed to Zach recently because I was a little surprised by all of the vitriol Callahan took after one loss.

He had a great answer for it – we were sold an improved offensive line…we were sold a more disciplined unit…we were sold a better offense. We just haven’t gotten it yet, and that is the disappointment.

Question (I’m learning that sometimes Twitter lets me embed tweets and sometimes it doesn’t):

Answer:

It’s ‘Danny Diagnosis’ – man is processing and getting the ball out quickly. If the choice is those two only, I’m going ‘Danny Lies’ because I think Cinderella is going to turn into a pumpkin soon or whatever the fuck that saying is.

Question:

Answer:

People are asking! Some of us aren’t surprised by this 😀

Question, from Jordan on Twitter:

Death is coming at midnight. You have one last day to eat through 615. How/where are you indulging? Keep in mind you’re gone tomorrow, so throw out any bowel considerations

Answer:

Such a tough question, Jordan – I’m waking up early so I can get four meals in…Waffle House for breakfast. Nectar: Urban Cantina for brunch. Tapas at Barcelona Wine Bar for a late lunch, and then tri tips from The 404 Kitchen for dinner.

Question:

Answer:

Peter Skoronski and Roger McCreary are both playing some lights out football and I don’t think anyone is talking about them. I think it’s safe to get excited about Dike, too. And, shoutout Jihad Ward for being their best pass rusher so far (this is the darkest timeline).

Question:

Answer:

Yeah, dude! WIN! Win fucking football games! It’s that easy.

Question:

Answer:

I’m writing this before wrapping up my tape study for the week, so I’ll have to confirm this after I’m done, but I don’t think the OL was as bad as it seemed on Sunday, and that includes Ojukwu. People want to ream him for the Ward fumble, but if you go back and watch that play, he’s actually winning his block. At the very least, he allows for a reasonable amount of time for that ball to come out. The problem is the IOL getting driven back into the pocket. Where Cam should step up, there’s nowhere to go…he takes a step to his right, and when Byron Young sees that, he disengages Ojukwu and forces Ward into traffic. Ward’s loose with the football, and voila…disaster. But, that is not enough to kill Ojukwumania. Some say it will never die.

To your larger question about the offensive line, well…I would ask…what are the wins for this unit under Brian Callahan? What can we say they’re good at? Really good occasional run blocking? For an offense that clearly wants to trot out 11P and sling it around? I don’t know, man. If it ain’t lookin’ good by the end of the month, it’s going to start getting tense.

Keep the questions coming – catch y’all next week!

Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, second on Football & Other F Words, analyst for Stacking The Inbox, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, the NFL Draft, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley.

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