# NFL fans, Who will be the Titan killer? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 14, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890 "2008-10-14T16:13:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/1 "2008-10-14T16:13:16Z")
With CLE becoming the Giant Killer we have one undefeated team left, the Tennesee Titans. So look into your crystals balls and predict who will be the team that breaks thier streak. I, personally, think that it will be Indy in wk 8, now that Indy’s offence has thier feet under them again. Although it would be NFL poetry for them to go clear to wk 13 only to lose to Detroit for the Lion’s first win. 🙂 (not that I think either part of that scenario is likely) So, who do you think will do it? or will they go all the way? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/2 "2008-10-14T16:45:11Z")
Week 8 at Indy on MNF. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/3 "2008-10-14T16:49:45Z")
At the rate the league is going this season, it will be Detroit on Thanksgiving. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/4 "2008-10-14T16:53:24Z")
Remaining schedule: [[QUOTE=NFL.com](http://QUOTE=NFL.com)] 6 Bye 7 Oct 19 TEN @ KC 1:00 PM Tickets CBS 706 706 123 8 Oct 27 IND @ TEN 8:30 PM Tickets ESPN 206 73 126 Radio 9 Nov 02 GB @ TEN 1:00 PM Tickets FOX 711 711 10 Nov 09 TEN @ CHI 1:00 PM Tickets CBS 704 704 11 Nov 16 TEN @ JAC 1:00 PM Tickets CBS 706 706 12 Nov 23 NYJ @ TEN 1:00 PM Tickets CBS 707 707 13 Nov 27 TEN @ DET 12:30 PM Tickets CBS 14 Dec 07 CLE @ TEN 1:00 PM Tickets CBS 707 707 15 Dec 14 TEN @ HOU 1:00 PM Tickets CBS 706 706 16 Dec 21 PIT @ TEN 1:00 PM Tickets CBS 706 706 17 Dec 28 TEN @ IND 1:00 PM Tickets CBS 705 705 [/QUOTE] I foresee the following losses: Indy, @Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, @Indy. ie. it will be Indy that ends the streak. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/5 "2008-10-14T17:00:42Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > At the rate the league is going this season, it will be Detroit on Thanksgiving. But the Chief’s Larry Johnson was just charged with assault. Wouldn’t that put KC into the lead? I’ll buck the trend and go with Pit. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/6 "2008-10-14T17:03:43Z")
I see them beating KC (don’t need to be Nostradamus for that), but I also see more losses than wins over the remainder of the season for about a 10-6 record. Collins won’t continue to win (or stay healthy), and Fisher only has so many rabbits to pull out of the hat. The defense should remain good, though, which will keep them in it. Indy is the most likely candidate to get to them first. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/7 "2008-10-14T17:31:04Z")
Sonny Werblin. When he killed the Titans, they stayed dead. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/8 "2008-10-14T18:28:06Z")
Zeus? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/9 "2008-10-14T18:28:59Z")
Harry Hamlin? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/10 "2008-10-15T04:02:28Z")
If they get to the Steelers they’re going down, but they won’t. They’re going to lose to Indianapolis if the Chiefs don’t play over their heads and get lucky first. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/11 "2008-10-15T05:19:31Z")
Kerry Collins. (Actually, Collins isn’t bad. I was just surprised no one had made the most obvious joke yet.) ---
**Author:** ![Pollux\_Oil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@Pollux\_Oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollux_Oil)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/12 "2008-10-16T03:01:58Z")
Hopefully the Jaguars. Sweet, sweet revenge for the season when the Jaguars went 14-2 and their only two losses were to the Titans. And then they lost in the championship to…the Titans. No, I’m not bitter about that at all. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/13 "2008-10-16T03:07:35Z")
dont count out the packers…they can score with the best of em ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/14 "2008-10-28T13:59:20Z")
Indy has fallen to the 7-0 Titans. Any love for the Pack to end it or are we looking at Jacksonville? and NO, da Bears get no love here. 🙂 Maybe the Lions will have a chance to be the hero after all 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/15 "2008-10-28T14:05:14Z")
I think Aaron Rodgers can move the ball against them in the air, but I don’t see Ryan “flash in the pan” Grant doing much on the ground. On the other hand, everyone has been able to move the ball against the Pack D lately. Doesn’t look good on paper. Still, I must say I’m totally not sold on Kerry Collins and/or the wideouts. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/16 "2008-10-28T14:21:19Z")
Da Bears. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/17 "2008-10-28T14:52:50Z")
Week 11, Jacksonville. ---
**Author:** ![UncleNito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7cd45c/32.png) [@UncleNito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleNito)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/18 "2008-10-28T15:33:47Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > dont count out the packers…they can score with the best of em I’m calling it for the Pack, perhaps only wishfully. The Titans are coming off their biggest win of the year, and now have a nearly insurmountable division lead. They will be playing a non-conference opponent on a short week. The Packers will be coming off a bye and should have two defensive starters back (they shut down the Colts with their starting SS and #2 CB out). So I think there could be a letdown. And **RNATB** , I don’t think that the problem is so much that Grant was a flash in the pan. The problem is that Mike McCarthy likes to abandon the run prematurely. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/19 "2008-10-28T15:58:08Z")
> [@UncleNito](#): > > And **RNATB** , I don’t think that the problem is so much that Grant was a flash in the pan. The problem is that Mike McCarthy likes to abandon the run prematurely. He’s gotten 60+ carries over the last two games. He’s only averaging 2.7 YPC over the season, although some of that is no doubt due to the sore hammy. ---
**Author:** ![mazinger\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mazinger\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazinger_z)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890/20 "2008-10-28T17:17:01Z")
As long as Cleveland doesn’t pull any more surprises this year, they might be able to take the Titans by surprise – nah, it’s away for them, so it will most likely be the mediocre Browns showing up. I have no faith in Jacksonville (who lost to Cleveland after coming off a bye week!) or Indy (unless Indy finds a running game). GB is a good choice, though not on paper. I think the best bet overall is Pitt. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-fans-who-will-be-the-titan-killer/467890.md?page=2)