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Tennessee Titans: End of Week Notes/Links

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

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There’s only so much news and analysis that we can disseminate to the readers on TitanSized. There are always noteworthy tidbits/nuggets of information about the Titans that don’t make it into our posts but should be noted. This is why we try to bring those bits of information at the end of the week in this article.

Here’s what you may have missed.

Some thoughts on these.

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Good on Fasano for being an upstanding human being and using his platform as a football player to help other people.

As an avid soccer fan, it was pretty cool to see the New Zealand national team link up with the Titans. There was a picture of Winston Reid, a New Zealand player who plays for my favorite soccer team (West Ham United), with Titans players and it was awesome to see it.

The Titans offensive line has been great to start the season. They are paving massive holes for DeMarco Murray to run through and have given Mariota time to throw. They’ve had some hiccups, particularly in the first half of the Lions game, but they’ve rebounded tremendously and are now Pro Football Focus’ top-graded unit four weeks into the season.

Searcy is a starter, but hasn’t been playing great so Daimion Stafford can fill in more than capably. Riggs hasn’t been playing much, and we’ll continue to see Brice McCain out there. Woods is a big loss, and Austin Johnson is going to need to step up big time in his absence. Woods has been a space eater on the defensive line and is a big reason for why the Titans run defense has been really good. Johnson has big shoes to fill, but he has the potential to do some damage.

If you’ve started to run out of patience with Marcus, take a look at the comparison through their first 16 games between him, Steve McNair, Vince Young, and Jake Locker. Mariota has had a better passer rating and completion percentage, and more passing yards and touchdowns. His record is much worse and his sacks are the most of the four, and both of those are a product of the talent around him. It’s pretty clear that this team didn’t have the talent to be a good team last year. They might this year, but the coaching staff has proved to be incompetent. Mariota has been dealt a poor hand through his first 16 games, but things will get better in the near future.

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