Tennessee Titans Morning Links: How To Have Fun With Football Edition

by August West on Oct 21, 2008 8:54 AM CDT in Linkage Comment 11 comments

Thanks to Mwilson for passing along this awesome read from Mike Silver on what makes this Titans team so good and so fun to watch. No response yet from TV analysts who have forgotten that football can be fun without 400 yards passing, clownish WRs or Brett Favre to drool over.

As the Titans flooded the field with bench players late in the 4th, only 2 guys didn't make it into the game: Chris Davis and Vince Young. I'm awaiting a firestorm from Florio or Hoge saying this is an indictment of VY's ability to hand the ball off...

Jeff Fisher continues to have a great attitude regarding Crazy Legs' cabana style celebration Sunday, but that's largely because it put us up by about 30 late in the 4th quarter. However, don't go thinking we have the next celebration clown on the roster:

What happens if Johnson does something like that again?

"I’ll cut him,’’ Fisher said on Monday with a smile.

One of Norm Chows biggest failures as the Titans' offensive coordinator was last year's red zone futility, but our boys have come a long way in fixing that problem this year:

Tennessee has had 18 red-zone possessions thus far in 2008 and has scored points on all 18 tries. More importantly, the Titans have scored 13 touchdowns in those 18 trips, a mark of 72.2 percent touchdown efficiency.

How much of an improvement is that? Consider that last year, the Titans finished at league-worst 36.4 percent on scoring touchdowns from inside the opponent’s 20-yard line, meaning they have nearly doubled their efficiency in scoring there.

ESPN's Chris Sprow eats crow over not putting White/Johnson in his top RB combos list last week.

Congratulations to Lavelle Hawkins who logged his first 2 receptions last Sunday, and to WR Paul Williams, who was active for the first game of his career thrown to for the first time in his career.

If the Titans are going to wrestle Indy's stranglehold on the AFC South crown away this year, Monday Night is the place to put a boot to the throat.

Pro Football Weekly becomes the latest member of the Cortland Finnegan Man Crush Club. People wishing to sign-up for the Michael Griffin Man Crush Club should direct all inquires to gramsey712; I believe he has jackets ready to go!

The Colts are praying they can get at least Bob Sanders, and maybe Joeseph Addai, back in to the mix next Monday night.

A tip of the 10-gallon cap to cityjane and Trenchanttitan for this one: Whether you're one of the lucky ones headed to the banks of the Cumberland next Monday for the Code Blue, or just looking for a good deal, here's a coupon for 15% off Code Blue apparel at the Titans Pro Shop.

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Satin Jackets.

With a big MGMCC patch on the back.

I hate Music City Miracles!

by gramsey712 on Oct 21, 2008 9:14 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

From the first article:

"Nut up and get the ball back, and I’ll put us in the end zone on the next drive."

Speaking as someone who isn’t particularly a Collins fan, I have to say that’s a pretty badass quote, given that he backed it up. Any takers on “Nut Up” as Collins’ nickname?

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Oct 21, 2008 10:18 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

cocktail collins...

by vancouverTITAN on Oct 21, 2008 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

As old as he is shouldn't it be Nuts down?

by BigW on Oct 21, 2008 11:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

CJ and LENDALE post game press conference.

we need this link…. please someone find a better quality version than this one on youtube…

it is an amazing clip. guaranteed to give everyone a good laugh. the youtube one does not do its justice though.

by ryansax on Oct 21, 2008 11:59 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

yin yang twins!

by vancouverTITAN on Oct 21, 2008 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

wait'll ya see their (ohhh!)

Michael Roos doesn't eat pitas because NOTHING BREAKS THE POCKET ON HIS WATCH!!!

by August West on Oct 21, 2008 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I gotta be honest

I’m still just in awe of how amazing this season has been so far.

6-0? Are you kidding me?

Sure, we all believed it was possible, but no one predicted that we would be where we are right now, the absolute class of the NFL.

I am enjoying going back to read the predictions of most of the so-called “experts” who had us behind the Texans in our division and somewhere in the dregs of the overall rankings.

Here’s a list of all of the preseason rankings from the ESPN crew
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nflnation/0-0-96/Rankings-revealed—How-each-panelist-voted.html

And what hasn’t been mentioned enough is the replacement of Chow with Dinger. Did we even score more than 30 last year? We’ve doubled our Red-zone percentage?

Three cheers for Fisher getting the Dinger back. What a team -GO TITANS!!!!!!!

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.
Vince Lombardi

by TmanInTn on Oct 21, 2008 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Jimmy did

And I’m only posting that to nip his “I did” post in the bud.

but no one predicted that we would be where we are right now

Also an awful lot of folks here contended that the biggest offensive change of the off-season was dinger’s re-acquisition. That was offered as the counter to the “why didn’t we draft a WR / get a star in FA / we didn’t do anything to help VY” crowd.

Good fan blogs collectively know way, way, way more about their team than payed sportscasters do.

by numbertenox on Oct 21, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs