The 2008 Season Starts Today

by Jimmy on Mar 24, 2008 11:44 AM CDT in Tennessee Titans News

OK, not really, but the Titans are beginning their offseason program today. Attendance is voluntary, *wink wink*, but it is expected that most players will be in attendance.

"We haven't had difficulty with attendance over the years,'' (Jeff) Fisher said "By and large, (strength coach) Steve (Waterson) makes it fun, so they enjoy coming in and working out.''

Two notable players who will not be in attendance today are Vince Young and Michael Griffin who are both enrolled in classes at the University of Texas.

There is no new news on the #32 trade talks. There has been a lot of debate about all that here, but in my mind, the bottom line is that he doesn't want to be here. Just take a minute and think about how bad he was in the locker room before, and then try and imagine what he would be like now. The only logical conclusion is for him to be traded.

Also, we will be starting our 2nd annual SB Nation mock draft next week. The draft will be hosted at Mocking The Draft. I will be updating the picks here as they go along, as well as asking for input on the Titans pick.

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Big Al not participating

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080324/SPORTS01/80324027

Sounds like they want a deal, and Al's not doing any voluntary stuff until it's done.

by numbertenox on Mar 24, 2008 12:17 PM CDT reply actions

Albert shouldn't practice until

he signs the franchise tender. Until he does that he's not covered against injury (he's not technically a member of the Titans until he signs that tender).

As I remember it, once the franchise tender is signed the player can't sign a new contract until said season is over. Thus, they are hoping to get a new contract without having to actually sign the franchise tender.

I swear the NFL has the most convoluted method for paying employees that has ever existed.

DEAR M. REINFELDT: PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS GOOD DRAFT EARL BENNETT!!!

by August West on Mar 24, 2008 12:58 PM CDT reply actions

ah thanks!

The Tennessean article doesn't explain very much. That's interesting, too, because of the implication you pointed out - they must still be trying to get a contract done over the next month or so if they're hoping not to sign franchise tag tender. I think the mandatory stuff starts in May?

by numbertenox on Mar 24, 2008 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions

sometimes I think the Tennessean

still thinks Nashville is really still all college football fans, thus they don't get into much detail about NFL salary and rules unless they wanna look fancy for the townies!

DEAR M. REINFELDT: PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS GOOD DRAFT EARL BENNETT!!!

by August West on Mar 24, 2008 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions

The Mock Draft

Oh goodie... last years was totally cool. Glad everyone is doing it again.

by Young2Britt on Mar 24, 2008 11:37 PM CDT reply actions

WR rankings

Dead horse, I've still got a couple punches left for you. ESPN ranked the top 64 WRs in the league.

http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/insider/news/story?id=3309135

Good to see the Titans represented at #59 with Gage. It's amazing we don't put up 50 points a game with that kind of talent.

by willchance on Mar 25, 2008 2:49 PM CDT reply actions

Very interesting!

According to this rankings, there are only 2 teams with worse wide receivers than us:
Chicago - Marty Brooker at #62
Miami - not listed

What do you guys think of this???

The biggest Titans fan in Brazil.

by brazilian fan on Mar 25, 2008 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions

well at least....

Drew Bennett is 2nd to last...

That makes me feel a little better, but not much....

by TrenchantTitan on Mar 25, 2008 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Pac Man Gobble Gobble

Rumors have it Pac Man is gonna get traded to the Cowboys. I think the guy is a great player who just likes to do whatever he wants and have fun on his own time. I saw we trade Pac Man before he gobbles up all our money and time. We can deal him for a quality draft pick which could lead to getting a big wide out that is really needed.

Chad Johnson would be great. The Bengals like trouble makers, Chad Johnson wants to leave..

JB
Sports Artist

by Sports Artist on Mar 25, 2008 3:29 PM CDT reply actions