Stop making excuses for Tennessee Titans DC Shane Bowen

Tennessee Titans outside linebackers coach Shane Bowen works with outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney (99) during practice at Saint Thomas Sports Park Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020 Nashville, Tenn.Nas Titans 0909 012
Tennessee Titans outside linebackers coach Shane Bowen works with outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney (99) during practice at Saint Thomas Sports Park Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020 Nashville, Tenn.Nas Titans 0909 012 /
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Green Bay Packers wide receiver Davante Adams stiff-arms Tennessee Titans free safety Desmond King on a long reception and run in the fourth quarter during their football game Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.Apc Packvstitans 1227200899
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Davante Adams stiff-arms Tennessee Titans free safety Desmond King on a long reception and run in the fourth quarter during their football game Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.Apc Packvstitans 1227200899 /

Constant regression

I want to finish with this because I think this is a narrative that is easy to trick yourself into. People keep going back and saying “Well, it is because he didn’t have a real NFL offseason to teach his scheme and to have the players learn it.”

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Alright, so then what you are saying with that is that more time under Bowen would help. If that is your argument, then you have to explain why he got worse every single month.

That’s right, instead of improving with time or getting a feel for the game and what to do, here are the Titans points allowed per game over each month of the season:

-September: 24.6 ppg

-October: 26.3 ppg

-November: 26.4 ppg

-December: 29 ppg

-January: 29 ppg

Imagine if you were at a job and you started off poorly and you kept making more and more mistakes every week. How many months do you think you could get away with it before the company had to make changes even if the boss was one of your best friends?

This can’t continue and people have to stop using the players on the field or not having enough time to implement his system as crutches to defend Shane Bowen when the evidence clearly shows that those arguments are just wrong.