I Like It, I Love It, I Want Some More of It (Rich)

It's hard to complain about Sunday's game on any level, which kind of renders me speechless for the moment. If I had to pick something to gripe about, it would be the run defense, which was not great until the point where the Titans could no longer afford to pass. But the other guys are on scholarship too, and you've gotta think the game plan was all about containing McNair, which we did admirably. One long pass and one long drive is not a bad amount of offense to allow to a professional offense.

Today's news is not shocking--Andre Frazier played his way onto the team and Charlie Batch is back, so Nate Washington became the odd-man out. Presumably, he was the guy most likely to catch onto the practice squad. Going with 4 real WRs and a Tasker-type looks bold, but it's not as if Washington was going to be active on gameday anyway. Besides, even Quincy Morgan may have a hard time seeing the field if Heath Miller's the 4th receiver in four-wide sets. So even though it's not the move I saw coming, it feels right.

I am not the slightest bit concern that QM got no touches--he was on the team for 5 days, and we only threw 11 balls, none in the last 27 minutes of the game. I assume he's a rare 5th option, unless they have some special deep passes or reverses designed specifically for him. I'd be more worried about Hines only getting 2 catches, but again the circumstances were unusual.

One surprise to me was the presence of Bryant McFadden on the inactives, but I'm going to chalk that up to pure "numbers game" at CB rather than to any deficiencies on his part. Colclough, Taylor, and Iwuoma were all required on special teams, and the first two are apparently ahead of him on the CB depth chart anyway. If as Weegie seems to assume Willie Williams gradually has a reduced role, I wouldn't be surprised if Willie becomes the inactive CB (we'll have one every week since there are 6 on the roster) since he probably wouldn't play special teams.

--rich erenberg