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How to beat Shaun Hill

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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You can chalk this up to one of the few stories I didn’t think I would ever have to write, but it turns out that Shaun Hill and not Sam Bradford will be the Tennessee Titans opposing QB in the season opener against the Minnesota Vikings.

In case you missed it, Shaun Hill had a better grasp of the offense than Bradford and the Vikings decided for Week 1, they were going to go ahead and go with the more conservative approach.

I already wrote how the Tennessee Titans should try to stop Adrian Peterson here, so now it is time to look at the most important position in the NFL: QB.

Trail don’t give a cushion

These two are not mutually exclusive, but I think both changes would help the Titans. The Minnesota Vikings offensive line quietly got beat quiet a few times in the preseason.

As a result, Shaun Hill often ended up lofting balls way higher than he should. Not only that, but many of his passes were behind the intended receiver. If the Titans want some big plays, then the best way to get them may be to play aggressive on the line and then just wait for Hill to make a mistake.

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Stay short

Shaun Hill really does not want to compete in a shoot out, he would rather control the clock and keep everything short.

With the Tennessee Titans already needing to keep an eye on the running back, it makes sense that the right defense would have the Titans staying close to the line of scrimmage and forcing someone to beat you in coverage deep and assuming that the offensive line can block up the defense.

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Cover the RB every time

Here is where I am concerned for the Tennessee Titans. Shaun Hill either targeted or completed a pass to short area targets like Cordarrelle Patterson, Matt Asiata and Jerick McKinnon with 6 of his first 10 passes in their game against the Seattle Seahawks this preseason.

If you don’t cover that guy, then they will bunch the Titans up in the box and then dump it out for a long gain. Now more than ever the Titans have to prove that the errors in coverage in the preseason were a fixable mistake rather than something that will plague this team in the future.

So, that is the quick version of how to beat a Shaun Hill led team based off of some tape study. Hopefully the Titans have something up their sleeves today defensively and it would be great to see a repeat of the preseason performance by the offense.

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