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Titans Squeeze by Saints in New Orleans.

New Orleans, LA Jake Locker made his second start as the Titans traveled to New Orleans for a week 2 preseason matchup. Locker looked okay until backup, Zach Mettenberger, took the field and looked very impressive during his 2nd quarter and on playing time.

Mettenberger took the Titans from being down twice in this game to regaining leads. Mettenberger marched the Titans down the field with 7 minutes to go to allow the final field goal to put the Titans ahead by four. New Orleans would march the field very quickly after a 3 and out, followed by a Titans 3 and out, to make it to the 7 yard line, but Tennessee's defense made a goal line stand with 1:45 left in the game.

New Orleans backup quarterback Luke McCown left the game with a broken collarbone in the 3rd quarter, expected to miss 8 weeks of football. Also, tight end Benjamin Watson suffered a broken toe for the Saints, will miss 4 weeks.

The Titans will head to Atlanta next week to face the Falcons in week 3 of preseason.

Tennessee Titans at New Orleans Saints
Aug 15, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Tennessee Titans (0-1)	00	10	00	10	20
New Orleans Saints (1-0)	03	03	10	00	16

Team Stats Comparison
	TEN	NOR
Total Offense	362	234
Rushing Yards	119	8
Passing Yards	243	226
First Downs	21	11
Punt Return Yards	32	28
Kick Return Yards	108	107
Total Yards	502	369
Turnovers	3	1
3rd Down Converstion	8-16	5-16
4th Down Conversion	0	0-1
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3/3 (2-1)	2/3 (0-2)
Penalties	1-15	2-10
Posession Time	35:48	24:12

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		TEN	NOR
2:46	(NOR) 41 yard field goal - S. Graham	00	03
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		TEN	NOR
11:27	(TEN) 42 yard field goal - Rob Bironas	03	03
8:11	(NOR) 41 yard field goal - S. Graham	03	06
:41	(TEN) 3 yard rush - Bishop Sankey	10	06
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		TEN	NOR
7:41	(NOR) B. Watson 23 yard pass from L. McCown	10	13
3:05	(NOR) 20 yard field goal - S. Graham	10	16
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		TEN	NOR
12:58	(TEN) 1 yard rush - Leon Washington	17	16
6:24	(TEN) 32 yard field goal - Rob Bironas	20	16

Tennessee Titans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Zach Mettenberger 14/26 174 0 1 Jake Locker 4/7 60 0 1 Charlie Whitehurst 1/2 13 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Leon Washington 25 76 3.0 1 Bishop Sankey 7 18 2.5 1 Shonn Greene 7 23 3.2 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Dexter McCluster 5 60 12.0 0 Taylor Thompson 5 85 17.0 0 Leon Washington 2 18 9.0 0 Delanie Walker 2 38 19.0 0 Derek Hagan 2 17 8.5 0 Kendall Wright 1 13 13.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Zach Brown 7 3 0 0 Blidi Wreh-Wilson 2 0 1 0 Ropati Pitoitua 2 2 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Rob Bironas 2/2 2/2 8 43

New Orleans Saints

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Titans Make Second Set of Cuts, Release Seven.

Nashville, TN The Titans have announce their second set of cuts this preseason. After getting to see two weeks of action, they have announced their decisions.

Quarterback - Tyler Wilson

Wide Receiver - Marc Mariani

Right Tackle - Byron Stingly

Left End - Lavar Edwards

Middle Linebacker - Moise Fokou

Corner Backs - Micah Pellerin and Tommie Campbell

[thesportsguru11]

Sad to see Mariani get cut. One of my favorite players in the NFL, for sure. Used him in the past, kid's a hell of a return man.

[HoundsOfHowl]

Quote: Originally Posted by thesportsguru11

Sad to see Mariani get cut. One of my favorite players in the NFL, for sure. Used him in the past, kid's a hell of a return man.

Didn't want to cut him for that reason, but with McCluster and Leon Washington, both good at returning the ball, I had to let him go.

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Titans Offense Digs Hole, Surges Late

Atlanta, GA The Titans hit the road for week 3 of preseason this week, and unexpectedly found themselves in an excellent game. The Titans after holding a 3-0 lead in the first quarter, gave up their first points of the game to tie it up, after those points were scored the Titans offense fell off the cliff.

Everything had been looking good for the second string offense led by Zach Mettenberger, but an interception gave that up. Atlanta would score 3 more times off 4 turnovers before the 2nd quarter would end, the last being a pick six with :25 seconds left. This left coach Ken Weisenhunt with a huge decision at the half, bench Mettenberger or leave him in.

After the half, Weisenhunt must've gave a great halftime speech, the Titans surged and took a interception to the house, to return the favor, by G. Wilson. The Titans then would get the ball to roll back to their court, by having their defense step up and create 1 more turnover, and several 3 and outs.

Tennessee had tied the game up with 4minutes left in the 3rd, but a 77 yard pass from Renfree to Jacquizz Rodgers would cancel that out. Mettenberger answered early in the fourth with his first touchdown throw of the game from 4 yards out.

The Titans took the lead on a safety, thanks to a punt dropped at the 1 yard line. Rob Bironas would seal the deal in Atlanta with 1:55 left in the game. The Titans defense and running game proved to be worthy in this game and helped achieve this preseason victory.

Tennessee Titans at Atlanta Falcons
Aug 22, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Tennessee Titans (1-1)	03	00	17	12	32
Atlanta Falcons (1-1)	00	20	07	00	27

Team Stats Comparison
	TEN	ATL
Total Offense	339	224
Rushing Yards	151	78
Passing Yards	188	146
First Downs	18	9
Punt Return Yards	36	29
Kick Return Yards	139	162
Total Yards	514	415
Turnovers	4	4
3rd Down Converstion	8-17	3-11
4th Down Conversion
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2/3 (2-0)	2/2 (1-1)
Penalties	1-5	0-0
Posession Time	39:33	20:19

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		TEN	ATL
10:10	(TEN) R. Bironas, 40 yd FG	03	00
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		TEN	ATL
11:12	(ATL) M. Bryant, 48 yd FG	03	03
5:50	(ATL) D. Freeman, 5 yard rush	03	10
4:08	(ATL) M. Bryant, 31 yd FG	03	13
:25	(ATL) J. Lefeged, interception return 25 yards	03	20
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		TEN	ATL
14:07	(TEN) G. Wilson, interception return 35 yards	10	20
5:44	(TEN) C. Stevens, 1 yard pass from Z. Mettenberger	17	20
4:13	(TEN) R. Bironas, 41 yd FG	20	20
3:54	(ATL) J. Rodgers, 77 yard pass from S. Renfree	20	27
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		TEN	ATL
12:55	(TEN) C. Stevens, 4 yard pass from Z. Mettenberger	27	27
7:05	(TEN) Atlanta Safety	29	27
1:55	(TEN) R. Bironas, 43 yd FG	32	27

Tennessee Titans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Zach Mettenberger 17/25 128 2 2 Jake Locker 5/7 60 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Leon Washington 23 68 2.9 0 Bishop Sankey 11 45 4.0 0 Shonn Greene 7 20 2.8 0 Zach Mettenberger 3 12 4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Craig Stevens 10 47 4.7 2 Dexter McCluster 3 22 7.3 0 Taylor Thompson 2 34 17.0 0 Derek Hagan 2 25 12.5 0 Delanie Walker 1 19 19.0 0 Justin Hunter 1 17 17.0 0 Kendall Wright 1 18 18.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Shaun Phillips 7 1 0 0 George Wilson 2 0 1 1 Khalid Wooten 2 0 1 1

Atlanta Falcons

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Titans Release Final Roster, Cut Six

Nashville, TN Coach Ken Weisenhunt and staff have released the final roster for the 2014 season. They also have released the depth chart for game one. (Found here) We wish the best to the final six that were cut, and good luck to the Titans on their 2014 season.

Cornerback - Marc Anthony

Left Outside Linebacker - Patrick Bailey

Running Back - Jackie Battle

Defensive Tackle - Chigbo Anunoby

Right Guard - Eric Olsen

Center - Tyler Horn

[Adam14]

Mettenberger seems to be putting up some decent numbers, think he could become your number two guy in the regular season?

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Quote: Originally Posted by Adam14

Mettenberger seems to be putting up some decent numbers, think he could become your number two guy in the regular season?

I have bumped him up to #2 if Locker goes down, or if he progresses well during the season, he could be poised to take over in 2015. Whitehurst has some experience, with Seahawks and Chargers, so he will definitely be needed in case of emergency.

If anyone wants to check out the depth charts and roster fills for the Titans, the main page holds the link and so does my signature now. I like keeping everything in front of me, so I do it this way rather than other ways.