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Kenny Britt: 2011 game 2 vs Ravens
This was the strike year, and Britt hurt his hamstring during the preseason, and only worked with Hasselback for 1 1/2 weeks per during traning camp per the anouncer. He took about 10 snaps in preseason. Announcers talked about him a lot; as if he was near pro bowl quality. He doesn't look that good, but he is physical and can run a little. From watching the tape, it looks to me like a guy with big talent, but not a lot of details in his route running. I reminds me of Irving Fryar (though Fryar was a better athlete--and a hard worker later in his career)
Here are some comments on the balls he caught (9 catches for 135 yardes):
1st HALF:
He did a nice stop and go, and caught a 37 yarder (ball was poorly thrown, but he beat the corner badly). He did a double move and glided past the corner.
Was smooth in tossing the CB at the line of scrimmage, stepping past him to one side and he continued making his move breaking free (easily) and semi-hand caught at the waist a 15 yarder (yardage?); he was able to stop on a dime; He runs like he is 200-205, not 220 pounds. Looks lazy on run blocking. Annoiuncers spoke about him alot: they liked him, and said he was open and honest person when the intereviewed him.
After this, for the whole half, the corner was 5-10 yards off Britt on every play, even at the 5 yard line. On this one sequence just before half, Hasselbeck threw it 5 times to Britt out of 8 plays (or so):
He caught a bubble screen, thought he would get 3 yards, and he got 9. Five (5) ravens were hovering around he, and they laid some big wood, and it didn't bother him. The announcers were impressed, but it didn't seem incredibly athletic, he did he make it happen with some power and authority. The very next play a similar ball right at the line o fscrimmage; again I thought 3 yards, but when the linebacker and corner hit him hie took them 2 1/2 yards--something I wished Steven J would have done. Britt is strong, and likes contact--though he may not be wise, he is tough. At the end of this he caught a 6 yard TD on off coverage vs Dominique Foxworth. He basically ran six yards and turned around and the corner came up to meet him and hit him very hard, Britt had no problem hanging on.
2nd HALF
With off coverage in zone, on 3rd down he caught a 12 yarder with Ed reed making tackle and hit just when he caught it. Again, his size is noticeable in this siutaion. Ed Reed hit him before the ball came in to the bread basket, and he still caught it.
With a LB in off coverage (6 yards) he caught a bubble screen (without blocking) and he took it with some speed for 12 yards or so. I imagine Quick doing the same type of thing. He is quick for his size, but not super quick. He is very aggressive, and you can tell he likes these types of plays.
He let a corner sort of bump him out of the endzone on a 32 yarde pass, the ball went out of bounds; you could see that at the end he had a chance to catch it if Matt H was on target. Again, corner was 10 yards off line.
On 3rd and 9 trying to run out the clock (5:00 left) he ran a seam pass (in off coverage) and went high and pulled it down after a pretty decent hit for a 28 yarder as he was surrounded by frustrated Ravens. Big time play. His body size really made this possible.
Summary:
Titans don't win this game without Britt playing.
This is the start of the year; I remember watching him and seeing pro bowl level play--this was before he tore his ACL. Looking at this game, I don't see a pro bowler, i see a talented guy who doens't work hard--guess. Again, I am no expert, but he has way too much talent to have only 42-45 catch seasons in three of his five "good" years in tennessee. He was in the doghouse for a reason last year. He doesn't look polished. But, for any 1 game, he is a #1 WR in the NFL. My guess is, like J Cook, he isn't dependable game in and game out. If he is recovered from his ACL, he could make a difference as the 3rd WR in games against teams with average corners (against the 3rd corner). And, if Stedman is having a bad game, and Givens and Quick aren't doing it, Britt will step up in a few key gams this year.
The Raven corners didn't look so good. Nate Washington and Britt had huge games. Britt was the most talked about player during this broadcast.
Rams who played in this game:
Jare Cook caught a nice fly route, easily beating the corner and twisting to make the catch; then the accouncers said he was 'allergic to grass'. that is interesting. Finnegan was a key part of the D. He never played any press coverage that I remember. He played very smart
This was the strike year, and Britt hurt his hamstring during the preseason, and only worked with Hasselback for 1 1/2 weeks per during traning camp per the anouncer. He took about 10 snaps in preseason. Announcers talked about him a lot; as if he was near pro bowl quality. He doesn't look that good, but he is physical and can run a little. From watching the tape, it looks to me like a guy with big talent, but not a lot of details in his route running. I reminds me of Irving Fryar (though Fryar was a better athlete--and a hard worker later in his career)
Here are some comments on the balls he caught (9 catches for 135 yardes):
1st HALF:
He did a nice stop and go, and caught a 37 yarder (ball was poorly thrown, but he beat the corner badly). He did a double move and glided past the corner.
Was smooth in tossing the CB at the line of scrimmage, stepping past him to one side and he continued making his move breaking free (easily) and semi-hand caught at the waist a 15 yarder (yardage?); he was able to stop on a dime; He runs like he is 200-205, not 220 pounds. Looks lazy on run blocking. Annoiuncers spoke about him alot: they liked him, and said he was open and honest person when the intereviewed him.
After this, for the whole half, the corner was 5-10 yards off Britt on every play, even at the 5 yard line. On this one sequence just before half, Hasselbeck threw it 5 times to Britt out of 8 plays (or so):
He caught a bubble screen, thought he would get 3 yards, and he got 9. Five (5) ravens were hovering around he, and they laid some big wood, and it didn't bother him. The announcers were impressed, but it didn't seem incredibly athletic, he did he make it happen with some power and authority. The very next play a similar ball right at the line o fscrimmage; again I thought 3 yards, but when the linebacker and corner hit him hie took them 2 1/2 yards--something I wished Steven J would have done. Britt is strong, and likes contact--though he may not be wise, he is tough. At the end of this he caught a 6 yard TD on off coverage vs Dominique Foxworth. He basically ran six yards and turned around and the corner came up to meet him and hit him very hard, Britt had no problem hanging on.
2nd HALF
With off coverage in zone, on 3rd down he caught a 12 yarder with Ed reed making tackle and hit just when he caught it. Again, his size is noticeable in this siutaion. Ed Reed hit him before the ball came in to the bread basket, and he still caught it.
With a LB in off coverage (6 yards) he caught a bubble screen (without blocking) and he took it with some speed for 12 yards or so. I imagine Quick doing the same type of thing. He is quick for his size, but not super quick. He is very aggressive, and you can tell he likes these types of plays.
He let a corner sort of bump him out of the endzone on a 32 yarde pass, the ball went out of bounds; you could see that at the end he had a chance to catch it if Matt H was on target. Again, corner was 10 yards off line.
On 3rd and 9 trying to run out the clock (5:00 left) he ran a seam pass (in off coverage) and went high and pulled it down after a pretty decent hit for a 28 yarder as he was surrounded by frustrated Ravens. Big time play. His body size really made this possible.
Summary:
Titans don't win this game without Britt playing.
This is the start of the year; I remember watching him and seeing pro bowl level play--this was before he tore his ACL. Looking at this game, I don't see a pro bowler, i see a talented guy who doens't work hard--guess. Again, I am no expert, but he has way too much talent to have only 42-45 catch seasons in three of his five "good" years in tennessee. He was in the doghouse for a reason last year. He doesn't look polished. But, for any 1 game, he is a #1 WR in the NFL. My guess is, like J Cook, he isn't dependable game in and game out. If he is recovered from his ACL, he could make a difference as the 3rd WR in games against teams with average corners (against the 3rd corner). And, if Stedman is having a bad game, and Givens and Quick aren't doing it, Britt will step up in a few key gams this year.
The Raven corners didn't look so good. Nate Washington and Britt had huge games. Britt was the most talked about player during this broadcast.
Rams who played in this game:
Jare Cook caught a nice fly route, easily beating the corner and twisting to make the catch; then the accouncers said he was 'allergic to grass'. that is interesting. Finnegan was a key part of the D. He never played any press coverage that I remember. He played very smart
