Tennessee Titans Morning Links: This Is A Little Trickier With An Instrumental Friday Jam Edition
Sunday's game in Jacksonville will be blacked out. A divisional game against what is apparently their most heated in-division rivalry, and they can't get sell it out. That's when you know things are rough, my friends.
Chris Johnson has the second worst percentage of plays that go for no gain or a loss this year, despite having the most total yards of any non-QB in the league so far. While on the surface it's a pretty ugly stat, you also have to put some of that blame on the O-line because not many RBs can do much when a nose tackle gets a clean paw on you in the backfield. Our guys are undeniably better at pass protection than the mauling, road clearing run-blocking style Johnson would excel the most with. If only we had a bigger back to loosen things up around the line...
Still, pound-for-pound we have one of the most talented O-lines in the business, which might make them the Bela Fleck and the Flecktones of the NFL. Heck they even both feature greatness named Big Country (the linked song, and right tackle David Stewart) Once you're done with the links, take an hour or so to watch some footage of Bela and Victor Wooten's solo stuff on there... these cats are absolutely unreal.
Follow us through the jump to see what difference make should be back for us this weekend...
Even if Jacksonville fans can't see it, Sunday should be Bo Scaife's return from his week one knee injury. Bo had the game-changing play last year on a brilliant little TE screen which he broke for a long gain.
Cortland Finnegan is almost certainly going to miss the game Sunday, and that ain't good news, but (like Jimmy said earlier in the week) this is the week for him to miss if it's going to happen in the first half of the schedule.
PFW takes a look at the Titans' propensity to play Young over Collins, and comes away pretty convinced it'll take a whole lot more before Fisher is ready to make a change there. The one caveat is Bud Adams, who could change all of that with a phone call. Direct all comments here, the official MCM home for Collins vs. VY arguments.
Hentrich will probably retire in the wake of the calf injury that put him on the IR, but he's not really ready to go that far just yet. How crazy is it that what may have well been Craig's last NFL punt was also the 1,150th of his career?
Here's a breakdown of Sunday's match-up from the Miami Herald.
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August, why must thou tempt me?
You know there is a dedicated page now for KC v VY talk?
Bring Back Vince Young!
by pigskinpundits.com on Oct 2, 2009 8:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of which.
Is there anyway we can “fix” the KC v. VY post and turn it into a normal fanpost, and rec it so it’s easier to access?
by SuperHorn on Oct 2, 2009 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's now posted in 2 places
below the countdown in the left sidebar, and below the fanshots in the right sidebar
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by August West on Oct 2, 2009 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fisher dress
Fish looked totally stupid in that clown costume last week.
He looks a little too casual for a team that hasn’t won a game.
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by pigskinpundits.com on Oct 2, 2009 8:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
About the Fisher article
The reason Fisher is a great coach is because he has built that team pretty much from the ground up, he’s done it without flashy players and playing in one of the toughest divisions in football, remember they had to play the Steelers twice a year. I ask this of any fan of any team out there, do you really want to compare Jeff Fisher to your current coach?
You're not wrong walter, you're just an asshole.
by collinzoober5 on Oct 2, 2009 9:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I dunno...
128-105 is Fisher’s career record, but (I’ll use a recent example) Schottenheimer is 200-126 for his career, including a 14-2 season directly after which he got canned.
Why? Playoff wins. Schottenheimer is 5-13 in the playoffs. Fisher is 5-6. He’s been to the playoffs in 6 of his 15 seasons.
Now, I love Fisher as much as the next guy. But great? Jimmy Johnson, another name that came up in the article, is 9-4 in the postseason, including 2 Championships. Belichick is 15-4 with 3 rings and Bill Walsh is 10-4 with 3 championships.
Sorry- I love Fisher and I love my Titans, and Fisher is a good, solid coach, but a championship to go along with his 16 years of stellar coaching WOULD be nice.
by TNTitans on Oct 2, 2009 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
AUGUST
vic and bela are unreal, but i cant believe you didn’t give jeff coffin a shout out too! mostly because you and he have kindred beards, but also because his is sick on the sax . he can also kill two at once .
full disclosure, jeff married one of my good friends from high school’s mom for a while so I got to know jeff and meet the band and besides being outrageously talented, the flecktones are some of the nicest guys you will ever meet.
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by hal41605 on Oct 2, 2009 10:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
True fact
Victor Wooten is a friend of a friend and I have met him a few times. He’s awesome.
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by T--Rac's Posse on Oct 2, 2009 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah for those living in nashville
the best weekly concert in town happens at 3rd and lindsley where the wooten brothers play every wednesday night (unless they are on tour). go there people, seriously. i went one time to see the wootens and a flecktones show broke out.
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by hal41605 on Oct 2, 2009 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
reggie's students
are a blast to watch as well… he gets some virtuosos in there.
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by August West on Oct 2, 2009 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I idolize Wooten as a bassist
Sadly i’m not up to his level yet.
Who doesn't want to be a promiscuous dope fiend?
by BonzosMontreaux on Oct 2, 2009 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
none, if ever, are
me included
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by August West on Oct 3, 2009 2:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have never seen hal use capital letters in anything.
So that must be serious.
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Retire #9!
by gramsey712 on Oct 2, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so serious
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by hal41605 on Oct 2, 2009 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeff is a great guy
I’ve hung out with him at several shows around town. He’s always nice as hell, and he’s an amazing player.
Music City Miracles blogger and official Jon Bovi tour manager.
by August West on Oct 2, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
whose beard came first?
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by hal41605 on Oct 2, 2009 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
definitely Jeff
but mine’s better maintained!
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by August West on Oct 2, 2009 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
holy crap
did you know Coffin is in the Dave Matthew’s Band now? That sucks, but I’m happy for him because he’s got to be making bank now…
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by August West on Oct 2, 2009 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah..
not a fan of DMB personally, but good for him is what i say. dave must be one helluva guy, because he NEVER fails to get virtuoso musicians to work with him. or he’s just the biggest cash wagon in the genre to jump on. jeff is one of the best in the world at his craft so he deserves all the promotion and attention he gets, and probably more.
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by hal41605 on Oct 2, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The new DMB song playing at all of the college games is horrible
RIP Steve McNair (1973 - 2009) Retire #9!
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Eric Berry for Heisman!!
by Pride of the Southland on Oct 2, 2009 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Am I the only one who thinks "DMB" sucks big hairy asses?
I have hated his music since my college days and that was the “cool” think to listen to.
Hated it.
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by gramsey712 on Oct 2, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i like a couple of his really old songs...
but the rest does suck big hairy asses…
Christie kicks it high and short...Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25...He dishes it back to Wycheck...He throws it across the field to Dyson...
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by Michaeltastic on Oct 2, 2009 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
but that's what you do, gramsey!
and yes, DMB is effing horrible, IMO.
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by August West on Oct 2, 2009 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dont know if you have had the chance to listen to Bela's recent album Throw Down Your Heart
but its simply amazing. Its afro-pop, but is inspired by the banjo’s roots in africa. Worth a listen for sure
RIP Steve McNair (1973 - 2009) Retire #9!
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by Pride of the Southland on Oct 2, 2009 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Memo To Bloggers: Stop It, Just Effing Stop It!
If I wanted a review of the Nashville Music Scene, I’d visit Music City Mix.
(by the way, anyone here going to Shinedown in Nashville?)
Bring Back Vince Young!
by pigskinpundits.com on Oct 2, 2009 1:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If the Nashville Scene covered good music then maybe I'd be satisfied
but they don’t. Not at all.
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by August West on Oct 2, 2009 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like it ADub
You have introduced me to music I would never listen to otherwise.
Keep up the good work.
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Retire #9!
by gramsey712 on Oct 2, 2009 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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