Game Preview - Week 9: Carolina Panthers at Tennessee Titans

Tennessee: Does anybody win ugly more than the Titans? In a 13-9 win against Oakland last week Vince Young threw for 42 yards and completed just 6 passes. Tom Brady throws for 42 yards in one drive. Whatever the method, it works for Tennessee (5-2) and should work again this week against a Panthers team that can't find a healthy quarterback to even take snaps. Both David Carr (back) and Vinny Testaverde (ankle, achilles) are banged up will be significantly less than 100% on Sunday. The Titans will run the ball with LenDale White who's notched back to back 100 yard rushing games, and Tennessee's defense will have no problem stopping Carolina on the ground and through the air. Any ugly game… just the way the Titans like it.

Start: RB LenDale White, Titans D/ST
Consider: N/A
Sit: QB Vince Young TE Bo Scaife, RB Chris Brown, WR Brandon Jones, TE Ben Troupe, WR Roydell Williams, WR Eric Moulds

Carolina: It appears David Carr may get the start Sunday as the revolving door at quarterback continues for Carolina. Last week's starter Vinny Testaverde injured his Achilles tendon and has missed practice time this week as a result. Carr has injury problems of his own, claiming he feels at about 80% with a sore back and has trouble bending over taking a snap. Their coming of a 7-point outburst against the Colts last week and now face and equally tough defense in Tennessee. Steve Smith was held to two catches against Indianapolis and DeShaun Foster scored the lone touchdown. The Panthers will take their lumps and look forward to greener pastures next week against the Falcons.

Start: WR Steve Smith
Consider: RB DeShaun Foster, TE Jeff King
Sit: QB David Carr, RB DeAngelo Williams, WR Drew Carter WR Keary Colbert, WR Dwayne Jarrett

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

Carolina Panthers
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 26	David Carr	Pass: 155, 1 Rush: 0, 0
RB 21	DeShaun Foster	Rush: 75, 0 Rec: 1-10, 0
RB 37	DeAngelo Williams	Rush: 20, 0 Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 25	Steve Smith	Rec: 4-65, 0
WR 52	Drew Carter	Rec: 2-30, 0
WR 67	Keary Colbert	Rec: 2-20, 0
TE 10	Jeff King	Rec: 3-30, 1

Tennessee Titans
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 21	Vince Young	Pass: 140, 0 Rush: 15, 0
RB 7	LenDale White	Rush: 100, 1 Rec: 1-10, 0
RB 39	Chris Henry	Rush: 20, 0 Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 38	Roydell Williams	Rec: 4-50, 0
WR 66	Justin Gage	Rec: 2-20, 0
WR 71	Eric Moulds	Rec: 2-20, 0
TE 15	Bo Scaife	Rec: 3-25, 0

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

Carolina Panthers
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	STL	A	W 27-13	+14
2	2007-09-16	HOU	H	L 21-34	-13
3	2007-09-23	ATL	A	W 27-20	+7
4	2007-09-30	TB	H	L 7-20	-13
5	2007-10-07	NO	A	W 16-13	+3
6	2007-10-14	ARI	A	W 25-10	+15
7		Bye
8	2007-10-28	IND	H	L 7-31	-24
9	2007-11-04	TEN	A	L 7-20	-13
10	2007-11-11	ATL	H
11	2007-11-18	GB	A
12	2007-11-25	NO	H
13	2007-12-02	SF	H
14	2007-12-09	JAC	A
15	2007-12-16	SEA	H
16	2007-12-22	DAL	H
17	2007-12-30	TB	A

Tennessee Titans
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	JAC	A	W 13-10	+3
2	2007-09-16	IND	H	L 20-22	-2
3	2007-09-24	NO	A	W 31-14	+17
4		Bye
5	2007-10-07	ATL	H	W 20-13	+7
6	2007-10-14	TB	A	L 10-13	-3
7	2007-10-21	HOU	A	W 38-36	+2
8	2007-10-28	OAK	H	W 13-9	+4
9	2007-11-04	CAR	H	W 20-7	+13
10	2007-11-11	JAC	H
11	2007-11-19	DEN	A
12	2007-11-25	CIN	A
13	2007-12-02	HOU	H
14	2007-12-09	SD	H
15	2007-12-16	KC	A
16	2007-12-23	NYJ	H
17	2007-12-30	IND	A

Offense Stats Comparison

	CAR Offense	TEN Offense	NFL Average
Points for	16.0	21.3	21.3
Rushing yards	127.3	116.3	111.1
Rushing yards per attempt	4.34	3.64	4.09
Completion %	56.9%	60.4%	62.0%
Passing yards	159.3	188.0	215.6
Passing yards per completion	8.88	9.52	10.57
Passing yards per attempt	5.05	5.75	6.55
Interceptions	0.7	0.7	1.0
Fumbles lost	0.3	1.3	0.7
Sacked	2.0	1.0	2.1

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 3 to 8 of the 2007 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 3 to 8 with no adjustment.

Defense Stats Comparison

	CAR Defense	TEN Defense	NFL Average
Points against	17.7	13.3	21.3
Rushing yards	106.7	55.0	111.1
Rushing yards per attempt	4.07	3.20	4.09
Completion %	59.8%	57.1%	62.0%
Passing yards	230.3	211.7	215.6
Passing yards per completion	11.55	9.43	10.57
Passing yards per attempt	6.90	5.38	6.55
INT return	0.7	2.0	1.0
Fumble recoveries	1.3	1.0	0.7
Sacks	0.3	1.7	2.1

Weather

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Team vs. Team History

Carolina Panthers vs. Tennessee Titans
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2003	7	2003-10-19	TEN	CAR	37-17	TEN

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2006 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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