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Tennessee Titans News 5.10.08

Teresa Walker of the AP has an interesting article about Mike Reinfeldt's approach to the salary cap.   I haven't agreed with a lot of his draft day decisions, but I think he is very smart when it comes to dealing with the cap.  The Titans currently have a lot of cap room for 2008 and 2009, so the Michael Roos deal is front -loaded.  The reason the Titans got into so much cap trouble before was because Floyd Reese back-loaded every contract he did and all of the big numbers came up at the same time.  I love the approach, and hope he can get similar deals done with Albert Haynesworth and David Stewart.

Mike Heimerdinger is working with Vince Young on his footwork first:

"We're trying to fix his feet,'' Heimerdinger said. "Just getting his feet underneath him when he throws — he just always seems to be off-balance and throws just with his arms and not with his feet. … If we can get that fixed, it will give him a chance to throw an accurate ball more often.''

 As the article mentions, and I am sure you have noticed, VY throws without his feet set a lot which tends to cause his throws to sail.  VY seems to be taking the coaching well:

"I feel like 'Dinger is getting me prepared to play, to take it to the next level,'' Young said. "… This is my third year; I'm getting a lot of reps and film work. I really feel like I have a lot of help and all I have to do is stay focused and work hard. I'm getting better; we're all getting better.''

Kevin Mawae, who said after the season last year that VY needs to become a student of the game, is already seeing improvement in that area:

"I think Vince feels more comfortable,'' Mawae said. "I made the comment at the end of the year last year that he needs to take the next step and become a student of the game and I think Heimerdinger is helping him do that.

"He is seeing more things on the field and communicating a little better with the offensive line and making checks and things like that. It is still early and we have a lot to do. But we have a lot of time for more improvement, not just for him but for everybody.''

I am really excited about what Dinger is going to bring out in VY.  We are going to see more of the special things that we saw in his rookie season

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is interesting – Mike was our best offseason addition imo, and he will coach Vince to the max. Vince is going to break out this season, you know it. By the way, I am not a fan of Mawae one bit, he is in the backfield getting bullied by most DTs and I think he needed to keep his mouth shut.

by RhiNo6705 on May 10, 2008 1:36 PM CDT   0 recs

Mike Williams

Any thoughts on the former Top 10 pick?

I read a column today about him “re-committing” himself and that Heimerdinger seem impressed with him (or at the very least, was giving the lip service). Any chance he battles for the No. 3 WR spot at some point this season?

by NFL Rumors on May 10, 2008 3:03 PM CDT   0 recs

He will be in the mix

I read that his weight is down where the Titans wanted it to be when he came back in.

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by Jimmy on May 10, 2008 4:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm guessing the WR spots are all wide open.

because nobody on the roster has proven much, and nobody has had much invested in them from the front office standpoint.

Our best pick-up this off-season has been 'Dinger. Go Titans!

by August West on May 10, 2008 6:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I think the only lock for a WR spot

is Justin Gage. Roydell is still rehabbing from his last season’s injury so I am sure his spot is not guaranteed yet.

Go Titans!

by Pinoy Titan on May 11, 2008 11:46 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yup

Justin is the only lock to start at WR. Apart from him it’s wide open, but I hope the coaching staff figures out early in the summer who gets the nod.

McCairens is a scary proposition though because his hands were brutal in New York. The last thing this team needs is another receiver with bad hands that show up in key moments.

by BeansCarter on May 11, 2008 6:47 PM CDT   0 recs

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