Tennessee Titans Morning Links: Vince Young And Chris Johnson Will Take You Higher Edition
by August West on Nov 19, 2009 8:53 AM CST
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The great part about having a talent like Chris Johnson on the roster is that when things are clicking, you could pretty much tell the defense what play is coming, and often enough they wouldn't be able to stop it:
As NFL analyst Rich Gannon visited San Francisco 49ers defensive coaches prior to their Nov. 8 game against the Titans, it didn't take him long to figure out their chief concern.
Protect the edges. Don't let Chris Johnson get to the outside.
"Then," Gannon said, "on the first play from scrimmage Johnson gets the ball and runs to the outside for (14) yards.''
Chris Johnson is at number 8 on PFW's MVP Meter... behind Adrian Peterson?
If Mario Williams wants back in the spotlight, then he better not try lining up against Michael Roos, because Roos has completely owned the former no. 1 draft pick his whole career. WHile Williams has had flashes of success against us, it's never come one on one against Roos.
Must read article of the day: The AP polled 160 players (almost 10% of the league) with various questions about concussions and related issues. The results are fascinating and a little scary.
Follow us through the jump for more great links about all kinds of goodness...
Can we win out to save the season? FOX analyst and star of a soon-to-be-canceled sitcom Michael Strahan isn't saying yes, but he won't say no either.
More on Bud's double barrel debacle from USA Today.
Bud is reuniting all of the surviving members of the original Houston Oilers team for Sunday and then the game Monday Night.
So Albert Hanyesworth is now friends with his stomping victim, Andre Gurode. Apparently they've gotten to hang out at the Pro Bowl a few years and really get along swell, which I'm sure just tickles Redskin fans pink. I think Washington and Philly may be the rare fanbases where stomping on a Cowboys player's bare face would actually bolster your resume.
The big news in college football yesterday was the rapid outing of Kansas head coach Mark Mangino as an allegedly sadistic, physically abusive and racist mound of fatty corpuscles. Titan reserve linebacker Mark Rivera played for Mangino, and plans on giving a formal interview to the administration within the next few days. Because of the nature of the allegations and investigation Rivera wouldn't talk to the media first, but some of his teammates are, and they pretty much make Mangino look like a tough-nosed head coach who at times just had no sense of common decency... and these days things like this will probably get you a rightfully forced resignation:
"One day, [Mangino] said in front of the entire team, 'Are you going to be a lawyer or do you want to become an alcoholic like your Dad?' " Brown said.
Every time you read a great Titans-related story on the web and don't share it with the MCM community through the fanposts, fanshots or by emailing me at mcmaugustwest@gmail.com Matt Schaub gains one health point. Is that what you want?!!!!?!?!
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I guess it boils down to the eternal debate
of what the term MVP means. If MVP is most valuable player to his team CJ would have to be ahead of AP. If it just means overall most valuable it is a tough call, but CJ has more yards, better ypc, more receiving yards and less fumbles. You tell me who is more valuable.
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Right
That was my point. How can you win the award if you aren’t the most valuable on your team.
As much as I hate to say it, there really isn’t much of a case for anyone besides Peyton. He is the most valuable on his team by 3 miles, and I am not sure how you could make a case of another guy being more valuable overall. Now I feel dirty.
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The Saints win 3 games without Drew Brees
/science’d
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Maybe
but I think their offensive skill guys are better than Indy’s overall. Wayne is obviously the best of the bunch, but after that I would take most of those Saints guys over any of the ones in Indy.
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two first round running backs
the best WR in the league, and the best H-Back/TE/WR I’ve ever seen?
Peyton ain’t playing with a scrap heap, IMO. This may be the first year his surrounding talent is actually underrated.
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All of his running backs are hurt.
And even when they aren’t, well they ain’t exaclty lighting it up.
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Retire #9!
I don't know Jimmy. Manning's go to, Dallas..
…is better than Shockey, imo. Damn, now I feel dirty. I despise talking Indy. lol
the saint might not have the big names like wayne and clark
but watching a saints games, it blows me away how all of their receivers are able to just go up and take a jump ball away from the defender. brees definitely benefits from just chucking it up and letting his big WRs make plays more than any other qb i’ve seen. this is not a knock on brees, but he has some great targets that make him look a little better at times than perhaps he is.
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It sounds crazy
but apparently their special mouthpieces allow them much more flexibility and agility. But you’re right, they make some crazy acrobatic catches.
titans need more wins, imo
but adrian peterson shouldn’t be in the discussion when his qb is playing out of his mind (gag).
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MVP rankings
The problem is these guys get into a “beauty contest” where they try to guess what everyone else thinks constitutes an MVP. Thus, must be a Pro-Bowl player on a top 5 team, because everybody can agree on that… I’d like to see a Barry Sanders Award that’s given solely on the merits of one’s productivity.
You may have heard of Barry Sanders, the guy who averaged 100 yds per game and 5 yards per carry for his 10 year career, but played for the Detroit Lions. He shared an MVP with Favre.
Kurt Warner’s got twice as many MVPs as Barry Sanders.
it does
Offensive player of the year was won by Drew Brees last year despite not making the playoffs. CJ deserves that more than MVP.
I'M DISRESPECTFUL TO DIRT!! CAN YOU SEE THAT I AM SERIOUS?
GET OUT OF MY WAY, ALL OF YOU. THIS IS NO PLACE FOR LOAFERS. JOIN ME OR DIE. CAN YOU DO ANY LESS?
MVP selection
The MVP will be selected before the playoffs, which to me is ridiculous.
How do we know a guy won’t shit the bed in the post-season (hello 2008 Peyton Manning) while another guy in the playoffs should’ve been the MVP?
Isn’t it premature to name the most valuable player in the NFL before the season is over so we can accurately determine a player’s overall value?
its a regular season award
just like in every other sport.
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GET OUT OF MY WAY, ALL OF YOU. THIS IS NO PLACE FOR LOAFERS. JOIN ME OR DIE. CAN YOU DO ANY LESS?
Just because
those other, far inferior sports, select an MVP for the regular season doesn’t make it right.
I understand CJ being at no. 8
just not behind any running back in the league. His numbers are crushing theirs in any incarnation or analysis.
By the way, as we were debating this, Adrian Peterson fumbled again.
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as much as this pains me to admit
colts minus manning is a disaster (of course thats been my christmas wish for 4 years now). us minus cj hurts like a mofo but i still think it would be still devastating but with vince and lw we’re more balanced than sorge/addai. colts without the golden boy makes manning the mvp in my book. no question. and remember we’re 3-6 with cj. they are 9-0 with manning.
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by stetix01 on Nov 19, 2009 9:29 AM CST reply actions
The Colts minus Peyton is AWESOME!
/Titan fan’d
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So if we run the table
I’d say we have a shot at a wild card game, but even at 10-6, we could miss the playoffs.
At any rate, I’m not going to think hard about it till after the Colts game.
Even if we win then, we always seem to have trouble with San Diego.
The problem with CJ is
he’s not playing on a winning team. How valuable is a player if he can’t carry the team to victories? If we were over .500 they might consider him higher. Sure, he’s the best back in the league, but maybe not that valuable since we dropped 6 in a row. That hurt to say but that’s the reality of it all.
That's ridiculous.
Would Manning be less valuable if he played on the Browns? I shudder to think what this offense would look like without CJ.
How valuable is a player if he can’t carry the team to victories?
“team” is just too big of a variable here. It doesn’t matter how good a player is, you put a bad enough supporting cast around him, they’re not going to win games.
CJ doesn't make the grade because he can't play DB!
SCIENCE!
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I was just saying
I don’t necessarily agree with it, but that’s just how it is. As for Manning being any less valuable on the Browns…it’s been said that the Colts don’t win three games without him. And he’d probably have the Browns at 7-2. So no, he’d still be an MVP with the Browns too.
“team” is a variable. But I’ve seen it said by voters who vote for MVP’s before. If it comes down to a player on a winning team vs. and player on a losing team that the guy on the winning team has proven more valuable because it translated into victories.
When I saw Mario,s name above.......
I snapped!! That’s why we had all those little texan dweebs on here the other day…they’re still pissed off cause they took him instead of VY. NO WONDER!!
by titansfan4ever on Nov 19, 2009 10:54 AM CST reply actions
It's obviously Dan Marino
Where would the Dolphins be without him? 4-5 AT BEST? Maybe?
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