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Chris Johnson leads the Tennessee Titans to Their First Victory of the Season 30-13


It feels good, doesn't it?

Chris Johnson had a franchise record 228 yards as he guided the Titans to a 30-13 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars for their first win since last December. The Titans held the ball for more than 39 minutes, had no turnovers, and outgained the Jaguars by 100 yards.

The highly anticipated start of Vince Young went wonderfully, going 15 of 18 for 125 yards and one touchdown as well as 32 yards rushing. He finished with a 114.1 passer rating, higher than Kerry Collins has gotten in any game this season.

The Titans defense played one of their best games of the season, sacking Jacksonville QB David Garrard four times. Compared to the 323 yards the Titans gave up to David Garrard in the last match-up, Garrard only threw for 139 yards and two interceptions to Cortland Finnegan and Rod Hood. Maurice Jones-Drew rushed for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns, the only two that the Titans gave up.

Newly signed punter Brett Kern made life a lot easier for the Titans defense by giving the Jaguars bad field position all day long. He put three of his four punts inside the 20, compared to only one in four games by former Titans punter Reggie Hodges. The Titans also blocked a punt on the Jaguars second touchdown. The returning duties were handled mainly by Michael Griffin and Kevin Kaesviham. Both did not fumble the ball once.

This is a real confidence booster for this team. "I'm going to tell you like this," WR Nate Washington said, I'm not making any predictions or guarantees, but this team went 10-0 last year. I feel like the weapons we have in this locker room are doing nothing but making us better, so we'll see what happens this season. (This win) is big."

Join Jimmy and August for MCM Radio tonight at 9 p.m. by clicking here. They can finally talk about a win!

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a good, solid win

The crowd was pretty pumped up, considering the Titans record. One of the things I noticed early is we were able to control the clock wonderfully. I’d like to see how long we held onto the ball in each quarter but I’ll look at that later. Only blemishes against the defense were those two long touchdown runs. If the Titans find a way to tackle MJD, then it becomes an amazing defensive performance. A few things: I like the way Rod Hood plays. He missed a tough tackle on the first MJD touchdown but I didn’t see anything other than that that he really did wrong. Kern did really well for someone who was released because of his directional punting, and I wasn’t as high as PK on the punt returner. I’ve never seen someone field so many bouncing balls in my life, but he didn’t fumble, so that’s a positive. As far as VY goes, he played a great, almost mistake-free game. Didn’t get a lot of yards, but didn’t need to. I’m cautiously optimistic that we’ll have some more exciting football games down the road.

by Great Paperclip on Nov 1, 2009 8:50 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

never thought 1-6 could feel so good!

"hey, quit reading these ridiculous words of wisdom and get back to work!"

by stetix01 on Nov 1, 2009 8:56 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Having experienced it first hand

I can say 1-6 feels great! Wow! VY+ CJ! What a great game!

by danomite on Nov 1, 2009 9:06 PM CST via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

Nice quote

Nate, I LOVE THIS GUY

by RhiNo6705 on Nov 1, 2009 9:12 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Congratulations Titans fans!

You deserved this victory 100% And you deserved after this horrible loss against NE.
The only sad thing-we were on the (baaaad) losing side.

I wish all the best to the remaining 9 games.

Life without knowledge is death in disguise

by Zoltan from Budapest on Nov 1, 2009 9:21 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

thanks for the respect

Really appreciate it man,,, good luck to you guys too.

by cawkblocker on Nov 1, 2009 9:28 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I hope so

After we beat like a drum we always playing good.
Poor Chiefs…

Life without knowledge is death in disguise

by Zoltan from Budapest on Nov 1, 2009 9:40 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

What a difference...

This really looked like a different team. Not just referring to VY. In all aspects, defense, receivers, etc. CJ is in a league of his own. I am happy for a win.

by Trasee on Nov 1, 2009 9:23 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

really nice feeling...

glad I could be there for the Titans first win of the season. VY looked really solid but of course CJ was the star and the defense finally showed up. Nice win Titans.

by ky_titans on Nov 1, 2009 9:33 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

wow

i missed a good game… im not gonna miss another!

by TattedTI on Nov 1, 2009 9:33 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

BAD LUCK GUY

Stay away from the TV!

You ain't hurt.

by Peter Bean on Nov 1, 2009 11:56 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Watching this game was the most fun

I have had in a long time! CJ was spectacular; words are just not enough to describe his play. Both the defense and the offense played better overall than in any previous game this season. It was so good to have Finny back for this game, and he didn’t look like he had lost a step during his time out. Both VY and CJ helped keep drives alive, and we murdered them in time of possession: 40 min to 20 min. That’s huge. Think about it. Our D only had to play 20 minutes this game. That helped keep them fresh and rested. We had not done anything close to that before in this season. More than anything, the whole team showed up ready to play. It was a huge win and tons of fun to watch. I hope we can string together a bunch more games like this one. Go Titans!!!

by JimR on Nov 1, 2009 9:34 PM CST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

i'm really impressed with the way that jason jones played too.

vy not throwing an int really shocked me. but that’s amazing. go vince. more importantly GO TITANS!

by TitansFanForever on Nov 1, 2009 9:45 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Truthfully,

VY got lucky that one pass was not an INT, but we’ve been on the wrong side of bad luck so many times this season, it’s nothing to quibble about. And, the majority of his passes were spot on target, including a couple that threaded the needle.

by JimR on Nov 1, 2009 9:53 PM CST via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

Hey you guys

congrats on a great game! Don’t worry about the stats or any so-called fine points. It’s a “W” and you deserve it. Time to party!

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

by Just 'Nother Day on Nov 1, 2009 10:08 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

You can talk about the difference VY makes all day...

… but the real difference for the Win was “the lift of the Terrible towel curse” :-)

I respect Titans as a hard and physical team. But two of your players and coach Fisher made a huge mistake last year. And you never saw a W until those players recognized their wrongdoing.

Best of luck to you the rest of the season ! I wish you nine more regular season victories to make it 10-6. Now that would be some season! and the funny thing is you guys can do it. The keys for the rest of the nine victories:
- Keep humble,
- Retire Kerry Collins,
- Make Vince Young watch how Big Ben played 2004 season over and over again so that he learns that as long as he doesn’t throw INT-s your Running game and good Defense can win games for you,
- Ask VY to use his brain and legs more often,

That’s it :) Good luck once again.

by Bonek on Nov 1, 2009 11:04 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

STFU

I was stomping on the towel all day and we weren’t even playing the Steelers!

by Sam Page on Nov 1, 2009 11:11 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

good luck to you guys with another "W"

which might come right around December 2010…

by Bonek on Nov 3, 2009 7:34 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

i can't believe

that someone else is trying to blame this $hit on stepping on their damn snot rag. Anyone who actually believes that just shows their own ignorance and weak faith.

by Evanbio on Nov 2, 2009 7:53 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

well said

except for the terrible towel stomping. anyone who believes in that far-fetched crap is just ignorant. but other than that i do agree we must remain humble, sack kc, and keep vince as turnover free as possible.

by TitansFanForever on Nov 2, 2009 12:47 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Chris Johnsons.....

day was EPIC! the kind of game that you soon realize….you just witnessed something historic. player of the game no doubt, him combined with VY helped keep time on our side, which ultimately helped a defense stay fresher thus being able to play like our D of old. 4 sacks and 2 picks! as for VY he had a decent running his first time out, he still needs to work on the mistakes he did make today, and yes i agree he did dodge a bullet with that dropped pick in the endzone. but IMO i think gage could have pushed a little harder up field, but hey all the bad luck we’ve endured this season, a little good is acceptable. it looked like a totally different team out there that we have seen ALL season, maybe except for the opener, but they looked hungry out there. hope this can be a big push in the right direction, dont want to go as far as how good we’ll be, bu it will be fun to watch our guys fight. 1 and 6….(sighs)….f**k it.

LETS GO TITANS!

"Waiting for the return of the Mac"
"Let VY loose, give him the chance to play his heart out. for himself, for the titans...and for mcnair"
"Titans & Texans fan, dont bug me w/your petty b.s., life's confusing enough."

by kg_2005 on Nov 2, 2009 1:42 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

and just to add....

i was expecting a little bit more commotion in here, considering us getting our first win. i would have bet some money if VY had a horrible game and the main reason if another loss was added to the list….this place would be blowing up. just an observation, hope he can continue to keep it going forward, for the good of the team.

"Waiting for the return of the Mac"
"Let VY loose, give him the chance to play his heart out. for himself, for the titans...and for mcnair"
"Titans & Texans fan, dont bug me w/your petty b.s., life's confusing enough."

by kg_2005 on Nov 2, 2009 2:30 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I think a lot of folks were too busy enjoying the victory to spend time on the forum.

I know that’s true for me. Had it been another humiliating loss, folks would have come here to sulk.

That said, you’ll see a lot of traffic on the site today.

DannoE

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."

by DannoE on Nov 2, 2009 6:59 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

after....

recovering from the hangover, totally understandable, its 1 and 6 but it was sweet to finally get that first W. against the jags who probably thought they were just going to be all over us.

"Waiting for the return of the Mac"
"Let VY loose, give him the chance to play his heart out. for himself, for the titans...and for mcnair"
"Titans & Texans fan, dont bug me w/your petty b.s., life's confusing enough."

by kg_2005 on Nov 2, 2009 2:45 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Congratulations Titans!

Your team played Titan football. Helluva game, you (the fans) deserve the win. The Jaguars’ “sparkle” has no shine today.

Vae Victis!

by viator on Nov 2, 2009 4:38 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

By far, the BEST thing about this game is that...

…without KC in there, ‘Dinger had to FINALLY let go of his delusions of grandeur. We didn’t see any three-WR sets on 3rd and short. What we DID see was a TON of Chris Johnson, along with a sprinkling of LDW and VY power-running.

And guess what? This is a team that could win 8-games if it’ll stay away from trying to be something that it isn’t (Granted, they already gave away two of those would-be wins). I mean, with a 1-6 record, CJ is STILL averaging over 7 YARDS PER CARRY!!!

I will never understand why the Titans went away from that.

I will say this: I was wrong about VY. I don’t know if he can be the future of the franchise. I hesitate to start believing in him again after one game because that went HORRIBLY WRONG last time. However, he played better yesterday that KC has at any point since the second Jags game last season. He did took what the D was giving him and used his God-given skills to great effect. When you’ve got Chris Johnson to carry the load behind you, really, that’s all you should HAVE to do. And with what VY adds to the running game, they ought to be able to stay with that Power/Possession Offense all season.

DannoE

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."

by DannoE on Nov 2, 2009 6:56 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Can we say "Bedazzled" again?

As in I was Bedazzled by the Titans yesterday.""

by FaninEcuador on Nov 2, 2009 7:50 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Great game

I have to say it felt good. Glad I was actually able to watch it in the Indy market. VY looked pretty good throwing the ball. Yes he had a couple of bad throws, but so did Peyton (NOTE: I am NOT comparing VY to Manning). And I was definately impressed with his going through the reads before running. He didn’t put up big rushing numbers, but he gained positive yards and that helps field position. The key was the D though.

Trying to keep things in perspective though. It’s not like the Jags have been lighting everyone up. Hopefully we can see this same scheme work against tougher opponents.

One question, why did I not see more plays with VY, CJ, and Lendale all in the backfield? I think I only saw that setup once. And why did we never see that with KC in there?

by Evanbio on Nov 2, 2009 7:57 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

If Kerry was in there

There would be two backers at least covering Johnson and one covering White. When VY is in there, there was one on one for all three.

"Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck." - Don Schula

"Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors." - Frank Gifford

by King Titan on Nov 2, 2009 8:00 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Whooohooo!!!!

Great win! Never been so happy to get a win! Slept great last night! Everything is beautiful! Coffee tastes better, life is a joy again! Way to shut up the naysayers VY!!! Go get your job baby!! “46”

by oilzwell on Nov 2, 2009 8:06 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Thanks for the memories, KC

Well, Kerry, I guess it’s time to hit the road promoting your new country cd…you can sing about your wife leaving you, about your dog dying, about having your house foreclosed on, about having your car repo’d…oh yeah…and don’t forget quaterbacking an NFL team for SIX games in a row without a win….now THAT will make you cry in your beer!

by titansfan4ever on Nov 2, 2009 10:02 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

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