Tennessee Titans Morning Links: Chris Johnson Will Smoke Rajon Rondo Like Cheap Gouda Edition
by August West on Dec 2, 2009 8:52 AM CST
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There's alot of debate about the risk repeated concussions pose to NFL players after they retire, and Merril Hoge continues to be the poster boy of how such brain tartar can make you say idiotic things totally disconnected from history and reality:
"All I have ever done is give my evaluation of his skill set, and some people make it seem like I hate the guy. You can go get every air-check I've ever done, and you'll never find me say I hate the guy. There is no reason to hate Vince Young; I've never met him," Hoge said. "And if I had something against Vince Young I'd come out right now and say he got lucky."
Riiiiight. Merril Hoge never took a personal tone with Vince Young... even though Ron Jowarski cracked on him for doing exactly that on NFL Live during VY's rookie year. Merril can backpedal and revise history all he likes, but it doesn't change the fact that he's a petty twerp who should have been suspended or fired for his behavior.
The Titans keep crawling back up the DVOA rankings, but remain in the bottom half of the league. The upside? By FO's 'Future Schedule' measure we have the easiest schedule remaining in the NFL.
So after Clay Travis called us the best Titans blog on the net last night on his ClayNation radio show (/brushes shoulder off), The Tennessean picks up our biggest cause of the year (in the second part of their 5 things): RE-SIGN KEITH BULLUCK!
Follow us through the jump to find-out what braggart has challenged CJ to a foot race...
Celtics point guard/numbskull Rajon Rondo challenged CJ to a race because Rondo doesn't like keeping his money or manhood. Apparently Rondo says he can run a 3.9 second 40, but anyone who would say something like that with a straight face probably can't count to 40. That's a friggin' impossible rate that would put Rondo up there with the greatest sprinters in the world. More likely? That's just what Rajon's momma told him one time.
It's tough to deny that this season is feeling pretty special. If we can pull out a win Sunday, that feeling will be inescapable anywhere a Titans fan draws breath. Greater turn-around from the perceptions during the bye week: defense or Vince Young? Matt Bowen didn't like Bud Adams' comments about making the change to VY, but he seems to forget that Fisher was dead wrong... Bud can't be too happy about the fact that Fisher was so completely off-base (provided the printed stories about his opposition are true) about the franchise's biggest investment. Rustmeister delivers more thoughts and ruminations on the Titans' season.
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How they say defense is playing better if they are still last in pass defense? Beating colts with worst pass defense isn’t looking feasible, unless nick harper plays out of his mind, and griffin gets his mind back.Titans had to score a td to beat the leinart led cardinals at home.
Hopefully jason jones will be back and we can get lots of pressure of peyton.
by CarlosLehder on Dec 2, 2009 9:06 AM CST via mobile reply actions
The defense isn't much better.
We’re just essentially outscoring people now, and converting third downs to keep opposing offenses off the field.
Plus, our last-minute drives aren’t ending with throws out-of-bounds, over the head of the WR by six feet, or with turnovers.
We’re not exactly holding opposing QBs to 150 yards passing and 7 points. I still wouldn’t put the game in the hands of our defense these days, given a choice.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Dec 2, 2009 10:40 AM CST up reply actions
I am not entirely convinced the D is better either
However, we did beat the Texans who have a high powered offense. Also, don’t forget Leinart had Fitzgerald and Boldin to throw to; even he could get the ball to them if they were wide open like receivers were at the beginning of the year.
tha?
It’s not last year’s defense, but we’ve gone from giving up 35+ to holding most teams below 20, and we’ve climbed around 7 spots in the DVOA after being in a distant 32nd spot after the bye week.
It’s better, but no where near last year’s squad.
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The way I look at it is.....
if our offense can’t score more than 17 pts, then we don’t deserve to win!
by titansfan4ever on Dec 2, 2009 11:58 AM CST up reply actions
You can take your stats and.....
well you know what you can do with them. Botton line: our “D” has held our last 2 opponets to 17 pts. each. I will take those numbers every day of the friggin week!!
by titansfan4ever on Dec 2, 2009 11:04 AM CST up reply actions
defense may be a little better, but like someone said I think it has more to do with the offense. When offense isnt producing, the defense will have to spend more time on the field, D gets worn out faster, gives up more plays, more points etc. Now that titans have sustained drives, they are winning, and defense is still bad but not as bad.
When I was watching the pats saints game, they said that was the first game the pats gave up a play of 40 or more yards. Titans have given up several.
by CarlosLehder on Dec 2, 2009 12:12 PM CST up reply actions
Rondo: Child, please!
All the homers on the Celtics site you linked to are crying that Rondo can run from one end of the basketball court to the other in 3.1 seconds.
NBA court = 94 feet in 3.1 seconds = 30.32 feet per second = 9.24 meters per second.
40 meters at a rate of 9.24 meters per second = 4.33 seconds.
CJ? 4.24 seconds.
Like I said: Child, please!
And let's not forget
That it’s not just speed that makes CJ great: it’s his vision and patience.
Isn’t that right, Chris Henry?
Boom.....Math
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by Jimmy on Dec 2, 2009 9:12 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
I promise you
NBA players have such a comical over-estimation of their physical ability it’s absurd. You walk into any locker room and you’ll probably find 8 guys who say they run a sub 4.4 40 time and have a 48 inch vertical. Steve Nash had complained about that a lot… these cats just don’t realise how fast you have to be to run a composite time around 4.3. That’s why I was juts guessing the either their posse or their mom was running the stop watch.
CJ’s time was electronic, in controlled editions.
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There probably are guys in the NBA with NFL speed
But not ECD speed.
Nash’s critique is right… Rondo isn’t nearly the fastest guy in the NBA, he probably shouldn’t be challenging arguably the fastest guy to ever wear pads. There are tons of guys in the NBA that have the natural athletic tools to play WR or TE, but pretty much none that could be legitimate sprinters.
That probably has as much to do with....
…being lean and having 5’ long legs as anything else.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Dec 2, 2009 10:42 AM CST up reply actions
Hey gramsey...
deep down…what do you think our odds of winning on Sunday are?
by titansfan4ever on Dec 2, 2009 11:40 AM CST up reply actions
I am really torn
I honestly think CJ is gonna go off cause they are gonna be worried about VY, no matter what their fans say.
But I am really worried about our defense.
I would say 75% chance of winning, given our history with them, and the changes we have made.
Better odds than I would give unfortunately.
I have little faith in our secondary vs. Peyton. I hope I’m wrong.
I hope you're right.
I agree that CJ should have another big day. But with what I saw out of VY on “the drive”, it seems like they have to double Britt…and they have to have 1 guy just to spy on VY…and that means somebody’s gonna be open!
by titansfan4ever on Dec 4, 2009 11:03 AM CST up reply actions
This was mentioned yesterday on Jim Rome's tv show..
..JR said he’d set it up to be done outside his studio for his show. Now whether or not he was joking about that, I don’t know, lol. Oh, and that his money was on CJ. On a side note, he said at first CJ’s nickname of E.C.D for hiself was kind of laughable, but he said he takes that back .. that he is E.C.D.
vince is up to
8th in DVOA among qbs, which measures per play value.
The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.
What's even weirder is that they also have a section built around QB scrambles, and...
…VY’s DVOA is negative there. What’s up with that? I may well have missed some vital piece of information about how/why those rankings are put together but I sincerely doubt the underlying premise.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Yeah, I don't get that either.
I would say that it has to do with sacks, but Vince hasn’t really taken any sacks other than the Cardinals game.
I’d be curious to know the percentage of “successful rushes” Vince has, particularly in the Texans game.
Sample size
The Stampede Blue critique of Young cites Todd Collins as another statistical fluke… well, it shows that samples of this size can be misleading, but that’s it. Collins had an 8 for 25 game in his magical 2007 run that might indicate that he wasn’t that awesome as well as 1.5 decades of not doing much in the NFL that might suggest this was an aberration.
The argument on Young would be better if the results weren’t so consistent… in that 5 game sample you’ve got one subpar Y/A game (HOU where the rushing counteracted it). And the manageable 3rd downs have been converted pretty consistently.
The most relevant stat, IMO is that the Titans offense is averaging 400 ypg over this stretch… I believe that’s 3rd best. It shows how Young fits in the scheme… and obviously numbers like that would be pretty tough to produce without excellent QB play.
You hate to wonder what if...
But, I was thinking last night, how good would Vince have been by now if we had Heimerdinger coaching him to begin with?
I think sometimes Dinger leaves something to be desired from a playcalling standpoint. However, it’s clear that he’s an elite QB coach.
Two things in 2006 would have made all the difference
1). As you say, having Dinger as OC
2). As Jimmy has said, keeping McNair on for 2 or so seasons as starter and VY mentor
by JimR on Dec 2, 2009 10:09 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
When the games are not on TimeWarner
I go to the Flying Saucer in Triangle Park. It’s a relatively small place, and I can usually get the manager to put the game on one of their screens.
Are you in the central area?
by JimR on Dec 2, 2009 10:34 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
I actually live in Hutto.
Yeah, I’m very familiar with the Saucer, cool place. I didn’t realize they had the Sunday ticket.
Whatever they have, they seem to be able to dial up any game
GO HIPPOS!!!!
A little inside central Texas cheer for all you Tennessee people to wonder about. :-)
by JimR on Dec 2, 2009 12:19 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
i never heard of it
I usually go to pluckers in san marcos that’s were I’m from..
by TattedTI on Dec 2, 2009 10:52 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
I'll bet it'll make him feel like a "winner".
by titansfan4ever on Dec 2, 2009 11:12 AM CST up reply actions
pack of.....
oscar meyer’s maybe? jumbo size.
"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."
I'll chip in to send him a bag of poop.
Music City Miracles blogger and official Jon Bovi tour manager.
by August West on Dec 2, 2009 11:55 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
better have....
good reading material handy. “he called the shit poop!” lol
"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."
from the MJD article
I don’t know if my last post made it on or not, but as I was saying if every team every week put 8 guys in the box like they do against Peterson this shutdown corner would not even be here. If they did that to Johnson he would be lucky to have 800 yards. I’m a Viking fan and watch the Vikings game every week and every week it is the same stuff stack the line to stop Peterson. The man is a beast. Nothing against Johnson but he dose not face a 7, 8 and somrtimes 9 man front every play.
Go Vikings Go AD
this guy obviously has no clue. First off isn’t every base D 7 in a box? I guarantee that CJ faces more 8-9 man boxes with ol man rivers up in Minn chuckin it 40 times a game.
Chris Johnson---everything Reggie Bush was supposed to be.
LOL
That guy has no idea..he’s mad case CJ is now the beßt back in the NFL.. LOL this guy must not watch titan games.. They sÞack the line..our offense has it easy..open a small hole for a second and CJ will find it and take it to the house..thàts all he needs …
by TattedTI on Dec 2, 2009 10:58 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Bulluck? Not so sure...
I feel like Keith has lost a step. And I know the label on Bulluck is “he’s our emotional leader, the locker room glue.” If so, then how important was his emotional leadership when we were going 0-6? The fact is, things changed when VY started leading…on the field. The fact is, Bulluck will be too expensive. The fact is, and I hate to say it because I have loved watching him for the past how every many years, KB is expendable. Besides, the Titans don’t keep anybody…ever. Hell, they let McNair go. (And Mason, and Rolle and Haynesworth, etc, etc…)
This one's for you, #9.
I disagree, the last time I checked...
Keith is still leading the team in tackles and would get to 100+ tackles for nth time in his career. Keith has not lost a step.
As for him being too expensive, we don’t know for sure yet. He had said he is not thinking about his contract situation til after the season ends. He is focused to get the Titans to the Superbowl.
"I finished the game. In my mind, if I finished the game, I can play next week." - Steve McNair RIP
I guess it will come down to $
I’m in no hurry to see him go. But I’ve seen this movie before. I think I know how it ends. Meantime, I’m all for Superbowl focus.
This one's for you, #9.
Had to look it up to be sure
K-Bull has 63, Tully has 59.
We definitely need to resign this guy, but I have to say that in the back of my mind, I have this nagging feeling that we won’t, for exactly the history that Drubaru talked about above.
I want to believe that the organization will do the right thing and pay him, but I’m not getting my hopes up.
CALLING ALL CARS...THIS IS A SPECIAL ALERT...URGENT!!!
This is a challenge to our “D”. Gentlemen…what you witnessed on Sunday was nothing short of a miracle. It should be obvious to you by now that your offense is on a mission. BUT…they can NOT do it without YOU!! VY has got the “Spirit” of #9 with him right now…but he needs your help!! Guys…YOU CAN DO THIS!! I don’t care if it’s Peyton Manning or Eli Manning or Archie Manning or John Elway or Dan Marino or who it is !! You guys have GOT to knock him on his A$$ and do it OFTEN!! When you saw VY hit the “playmaker” for the game winner with 0:00 left on the clock…I know it brought tears to your eyes. Now…Gentlemen… IT’S YOUR TURN!!! Sunday…it’s time time to man up…and suck it up…and lace it up…AND TEAR IT UP!!! And do it for #9!!!
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