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Tennessee Titans Morning Links: Surprising Output From All Over The Place Edition

Tennessee_titans_30x21 I've hammered Gary Estwick on the regular in this space, but I'll give him credit for posting probably the most relevant analysis on this game between the Titans and Dolphins so far from the local media:

Miami has recorded a sack in all but one game this season – a 22–21 win over New England (Dec. 6)...

It’s all bad news for the Titans offense, in need of a win Sunday at LP Field to stay alive in the AFC playoff hunt. Starting today, quarterback Vince Young enters the work week after leaving last Sunday’s rout of St. Louis with an injured hamstring. Meanwhile, backup Kerry Collins is not mobile enough to shake off Joey Porter, Jason Taylor and former Titan Randy Starks – they are responsible for a total of 20 sacks in 2009.

Tennessee_titans_30x21 Shutdown Corner has pretty charts on the year Chris Johnson is having, and notes that he'd need to average about 160 yards per game to break Dickerson's record.

Tennessee_titans_30x21 Some smart guy wrote about the disconnect between Wonderlic scores and the career success of quarterbacks back in November, using Vince Young as a central example.  I very strongly agree with him that an IQ test is a poor determining factor, and that a combination of emotional aptitude and ability to find patterns are far more important than the kind of mental skills a Wonderlic or IQ test pinpoint.

Follow us through the jump for more on an ex-Titan it sounds like we could use these days...


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Tennessee_titans_30x21 This look at this week's match-ups from a Florida perspective is pretty good, and included a name I hadn't thought of in years:

[Randy] Starks, who left for Miami as a free agent in early 2008, is putting the finishing touches on a Pro Bowl-worthy season and has been living in opponents' backfields the second half of the season.
Tennessee_titans_30x21 Here's a more in-depth read on Randy and his coming-out party as an impact D-lineman.

Tennessee_titans_30x21 Congrats to Jim Wyatt for digging a little deeper and coming up with 5 interesting and timely things to know about the Titans.  Well played by the staff of the Tennessean this week.  Well played.

Tennessee_titans_30x21 Don Banks re-drafts last year's 1st round; here Kenny Britt is gone before we draft, and we take Wisconsin LB Deandre Levy.  Things like this are the reason I'm opposed to time travel.

 

Tennessee_titans_30x21 H/t to steadfast reader/commenter studiocat for pointing us to Terry McCormick's break-down of the playoff chase as it stands this week.

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Randy Starks

Wow. Think we could be using him over Jevon Kearse right now?

by T--Rac's Posse on Dec 16, 2009 9:41 AM CST reply actions  

Starks is a DT.

And he wasn’t a great one while he was here. I doubt he’d be an upgrade over anyone on the roster.

DannoE

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

by DannoE on Dec 16, 2009 10:02 AM CST up reply actions  

He wasn't a great one?

he was terrible.

I remember watching him alot when Haynesworth or Brown would come out during our 10-6 season, and he would simply get BLOWN over.

He has NOT faced our O-Line, and I think Jake and Eugene will feast on his “pro bowl type season”

by RhiNo6705 on Dec 16, 2009 11:52 AM CST up reply actions  

I think our O-Line will...

have something to say about Starks & co.

by titansfan4ever on Dec 16, 2009 10:58 AM CST reply actions  

though i agree with you on the wonderlic

minor point, the ability to find patterns is pretty much an iq test

by arilou on Dec 16, 2009 11:00 AM CST reply actions  

There isn't a link to Gary Estwick's blog on the Superbowl re-run

But I compare Steve’s final drive to try to tie the game with the drive that VY did against the Cardinals. Luckily, VY was able to throw to a player in the end zone and not someone 5 yards out.

by FaninEcuador on Dec 16, 2009 1:32 PM CST reply actions  

The Super Bowl was on ESPN 2 last night

and I thought the same thing while watching it

RABLE RABLE Nick Harper! RABLE RABLE RABLE!!! RABLE RABLE Jeff Fisher! RABLE RABLE!!!
http://crytebowcry.ytmnd.com/

by TitanFan2K on Dec 16, 2009 3:04 PM CST up reply actions  

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