Tennessee Titans News 5.13.08

by Jimmy on May 13, 2008 2:23 PM CDT in Linkage Comment 4 comments

It appears that LenDale White played the entire 2007 season with a torn meniscus. He suffered the tear in the preseason last season.

“This happened last year in preseason. I tore my meniscus,” White said. “I played on it all season. Contrary to what people believe, I am a soldier. I played on it all year and I didn’t complain, not once. I waited until the season was over to get it fixed and now I’m feeling good.”

While I am never a big fan of the "soldier" line, I do appreciate the fact that The Round Mound played the whole season with an injury like that and never used it as an excuse.

It appears that Ryan Fowler's shoulder will never be the same after the injury he suffered in training camp last season. Fowler says that he won't let it slow him down:

"As far as getting my shoulder 100 percent, I'm not sure it will ever be 100 percent totally," said Fowler, who turns 26 in a week. "But it's as effective as I need it to be already."

"We only have helmets on. There's not a lot of contact. I can do everything that practice calls for right now. We all have to play with things that hurt all the time. Right now I could definitely play. That wouldn't be an issue."

The article mentions that Fowler will still be the starting middle linebacker when camp opens. I hope the open up the competition in camp as they did last year. Fowler is a solid player, but Stephen Tulloch seems to have more upside than Fowler. If Tulloch has become more comfrotable in the defense over the offseason, he should be the guy.

Poll

Who should be the starting MLB?

Ryan Fowler

27 votes

Stephen Tulloch

75 votes

102 votes | Poll has closed

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I like Tulloch a ton, but I would like to see him win the job

and not have it just handed to him. If Fowler is damaged goods (and he wasn’t a great starter in the first place, IMO) maybe we can find a vet to help compete with those 2 after the June 1st cuts.

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

by August West on May 13, 2008 2:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Eh...

I’m not sure I buy that story. Two things seem more likely to me than the basic message as given by the Tennessean, i.e. hurt player with pain keeps starting job. Either:

1. Fowler’s injury isn’t as bad as the paper made it seem, such that another month of physical therapy will likely make a big difference, but the paper exagerated the story to make it more interesting,

2. Fowler needs more time but knows that if he takes it, he’ll lose his job. So he’s playing hurt and hoping no one notices.

Actually, I’d bet both of those things are true. Either way, this is typical stuff, I think.

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by DannoE on May 13, 2008 3:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Fowler

What does “not one hundred percent” mean for a LB shoulder? I understand on qb or a baseball player that a non-one hundred percent shoulder would impact a career, but a LB? What will it prevent him from doing? The only thing I can think of is reaching for an INT which only happens on the Titans for Keith Bullock and only on Monday Nights.

by DonFrancisco on May 13, 2008 3:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

it could be important because

MLBs have to be able to take on the O-linemen who come in to block at the 2nd level. If he doesn’t have the upperbody/arm strength to shed and beat the block he’s useless on run support, and that’s the only time we play a MLB at all.

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

by August West on May 13, 2008 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs